A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Buniasih in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/16 / 2016-02-16 13:47:14 / February 16, 2016 @ 1:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.27 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 62.27 km, 106.7131° East, -7.6087° South. The temblor was detected at 20:47:14 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004r1g. Id of event: us10004r1g.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banjar, Sukabumi, Pelabuhanratu. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km S of Buniasih, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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