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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Serang in Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.6082S, 105.9308WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Serang in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 102.98 km, 105.9308° East, -5.6082° South. Id of earthquake: us6000b3gr. Event ids that are associated: us6000b3gr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:10:31 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 102.98 km (64 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 16:10:31 / July 19, 2020 @ 4:10 pm.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Serang (c. 164 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pasarkemis (c. 154 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Metro (c. 149 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Rangkasbitung (c. 126 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sepatan (c. 118 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pasarkemis, Sepatan, Rangkasbitung (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 61 km NNW of Serang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.9308° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6082° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km NNW of Serang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-19 16:10:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-27 13:31:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 2.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us6000b3gr Id of event.
Event Code 6000b3gr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b3gr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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