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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Ciheras in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.837S, 107.9214WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ciheras in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.14 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 107.9214 East, latitude -7.837 South, depth = 67.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20008kt4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008kt4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/17 / 2017-02-19 15:39:41 / February 19, 2017 @ 3:39 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:39:41 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pameungpeuk, Banjaran, Banjar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kawalu (c. 50 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Singaparna (c. 48 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pameungpeuk (c. 48 300 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 12 km SSW of Ciheras, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 107.9214° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.837° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SSW of Ciheras, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-19 15:39:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-19 17:05:53 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 2.578 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us20008kt4 Id of event.
Event Code 20008kt4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008kt4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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