A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Karangbadar Kidul in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.01 km (45 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:52:23 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 14:52:23 / July 11, 2016 @ 2:52 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062mb. Id of event: us100062mb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 108.9327 East, latitude -8.1599 South, depth = 72.01 km.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sokaraja (c. 66 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Banyumas (c. 48 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Wangon (c. 35 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gombong (c. 32 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sidareja (c. 30 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kroya (c. 23 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gombong, Purwokerto, Sokaraja (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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