A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Jatiwangi in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20004vjz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004vjz. The epicenter was at a depth of 241.11 km (150 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:54:10 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 241.11 km, 108.1745° East, -6.6502° South. Global time and date of event 25/01/16 / 2016-01-25 12:54:10 / January 25, 2016 @ 12:54 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien (c. 1 000 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cirebon (c. 254 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulakamba, Ketanggungan, Soreang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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