A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Gunungwaru Satu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 02:23:09 / December 12, 2017 @ 2:23 am. Exact location, longitude 107.0503° East, latitude -7.2203° South, depth = 94.67 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:23:09 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c35s. Id of event: us2000c35s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.67 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sawangan, Parung, Depok. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Gunungwaru Satu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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