A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cilandak in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 106.7588° East, -6.9547° South, depth 83.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.59 km (52 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:47:34 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006ur8. Unique identifier: us20006ur8. Global time and date of event 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 06:47:34 / August 28, 2016 @ 6:47 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banjaran, Pasarkemis, Margahayukencana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NE of Cilandak, Indonesia.
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