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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Cicadas in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.2213S, 105.7408WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Cicadas in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 105.7408 East, latitude -7.2213 South, depth = 62.72 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 04:48:25 / January 26, 2018 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000cplz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cplz. The temblor was reported at 11:48:25 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.72 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuan, Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 44 km S of Cicadas, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.7408° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2213° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S of Cicadas, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-26 04:48:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-26 06:51:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 299 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.239 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000cplz Id of event.
Event Code 2000cplz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cplz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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