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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 46 km S of Buniasih, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.844S, 106.7599WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Buniasih in Indonesia on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.71 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70006r59. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006r59. Global time and date of event 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 07:22:10 / December 26, 2019 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:22:10 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 106.7599° East, latitude -7.844° South, depth = 54.71 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km S of Buniasih, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.7599° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.844° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km S of Buniasih, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-26 07:22:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-26 07:49:49 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 340 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 3.728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us70006r59 Id of event.
Event Code 70006r59 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006r59, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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