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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ciampea in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.6921S, 106.5441WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ciampea in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us7000q06k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q06k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:33:43 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 106.5441 East, latitude -6.6921 South, depth = 80.964 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.964 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 01:33:43 / May 3, 2025 @ 1:33 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan, Cikarang, Ciranjang-hilir (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 23 km SW of Ciampea, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.5441° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.6921° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.964 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SW of Ciampea, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-03 01:33:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-21 00:55:25 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 271 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.338 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us7000q06k Id of event.
Event Code 7000q06k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q06k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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