A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Nagrak in Indonesia on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20005dw8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005dw8. Exact location, longitude 106.4963° East, latitude -6.8706° South, depth = 145.86 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 13:15:26 / March 27, 2016 @ 1:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 145.86 km (91 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:15:26 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bekasi, Teluknaga, Ciranjang-hilir (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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: 4 km NE of Nagrak, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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