A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Simpang in Indonesia. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:56:09 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.48 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36.48 km, 106.2464° East, -7.6417° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 09:56:09 / September 2, 2015 @ 9:56 am. Event id: us20003fnk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fnk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel the quake?
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: 40 km SW of Simpang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply