Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Sukadami in Indonesia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Sukadami in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.9779 East, latitude -7.5669 South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us20007g6l. Event ids that are associated: us20007g6l. The temblor was reported at 12:45:43 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 05:45:43 / October 23, 2016 @ 5:45 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Margahayukencana, Pameungpeuk, Cicurug (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cicurug (c. 89 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Margahayukencana (c. 83 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ciranjang-hilir (c. 77 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pameungpeuk (c. 48 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	106.9779° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.5669° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km SSW of Sukadami, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-23 05:45:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-23 06:43:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	312	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.473	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20007g6l	Id of event.
Event Code	20007g6l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20007g6l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

106.9779° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-7.5669° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15km SSW of Sukadami, Indonesia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-10-23 05:45:43

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-10-23 06:43:05

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

312

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.473

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.78 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

116

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20007g6l

Id of event.

Event Code

20007g6l

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20007g6l,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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