A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sumedang Utara in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 107.9482 East, latitude -6.7544 South, depth = 180.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 180.24 km (112 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 10:46:45 / July 31, 2016 @ 10:46 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:46:45 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a4g. Unique identifier: us10006a4g.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien (c. 1 000 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Cirebon (c. 254 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciamis, Karangsembung, Ciranjang-hilir.
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 was reported 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NNE of Sumedang Utara, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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