A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mekarsari in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/16 / 2016-02-26 21:12:01 / February 26, 2016 @ 9:12 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:12:01 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004u1r. Unique identifier: us10004u1r. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 108.8105 East, latitude -8.0159 South, depth = 53.14 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.14 km (33 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purbalingga, Ciamis, Baturaden (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Sokaraja (c. 66 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Purbalingga (c. 56 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Banyumas (c. 48 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Baturaden (c. 42 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km S of Mekarsari, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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