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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 59 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.914S, 108.1714WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kawalu in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 108.1714° East, latitude -7.914° South, depth = 80.713 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/25 / 2025-06-21 05:53:06 / June 21, 2025 @ 5:53 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:53:06 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.713 km (50 miles). Unique identifier: us7000qahf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qahf.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kawalu (c. 50 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Singaparna (c. 48 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rajapolah (c. 39 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Majenang (c. 38 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sidareja (c. 30 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Majenang, Wanaraja, Sidareja (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km S of Kawalu, 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 108.1714° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.914° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.713 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-21 05:53:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-09 04:27:24 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us7000qahf Id of event.
Event Code 7000qahf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qahf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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