A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kroya in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 109.3338° East, -7.9653° South, depth 99.35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 12:41:13 / November 15, 2016 @ 12:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 99.35 km (62 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100078l5. Unique identifier: us100078l5. The temblor was reported at 19:41:13 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Wonosobo (c. 93 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sokaraja (c. 66 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Purbalingga (c. 56 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Banyumas (c. 48 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Baturaden (c. 42 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wonosobo, Sidareja, Baturaden.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SSE of Kroya, Indonesia.
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