A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Babakan in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 22:05:48 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.9886 East, latitude -7.2494 South, depth = 126.71 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/16 / 2016-02-16 15:05:48 / February 16, 2016 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us200050kh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200050kh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.71 km (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sawangan, Parung, Depok (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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