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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.4907S, 106.6469WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.4 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.6469 East, latitude -7.4907 South, depth = 57.4 km. Event id: us7000bjid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bjid. The temblor was reported at 02:06:16 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/20 / 2020-09-08 02:06:16 / September 8, 2020 @ 2:06 am.

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Caringin (c. 91 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cicurug (c. 89 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banjar, Caringin, Cicurug (min 5000 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km S of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.6469° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.4907° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km S of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-08 02:06:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-08 02:28:04 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 326 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 0.995 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000bjid Id of event.
Event Code 7000bjid An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bjid, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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