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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Cibungur in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.7501S, 106.5252WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Cibungur in Indonesia on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1c6. Unique identifier: us2000j1c6. Global time and date of event 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 09:54:49 / January 8, 2019 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.71 km (41 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:54:49 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.5252 East, latitude -7.7501 South, depth = 65.71 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Cibungur in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sukabumi, Pelabuhanratu.

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km S of Cibungur, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.5252° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7501° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km S of Cibungur, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-08 09:54:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-08 10:24:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 1 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 418 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 2.846 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us2000j1c6 Id of event.
Event Code 2000j1c6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j1c6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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