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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 48 km SSW of Karangbadar Kidul, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.1244S, 108.904WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Karangbadar Kidul in Indonesia on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 16:58:50 / January 7, 2019 @ 4:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.68 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:58:50 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j14r. Id of event: us2000j14r. Exact location of event, longitude 108.904 East, latitude -8.1244 South, depth = 76.68 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sokaraja (c. 66 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Banyumas (c. 48 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Majenang (c. 38 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Wangon (c. 35 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gombong (c. 32 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Majenang, Gombong, Purwokerto. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSW of Karangbadar Kidul, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 108.904° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.1244° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SSW of Karangbadar Kidul, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-07 16:58:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-07 17:24:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 1.617 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us2000j14r Id of event.
Event Code 2000j14r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j14r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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