A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cikarang in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us10007sxm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007sxm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.58 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:45:01 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.9319 East, latitude -7.4129 South, depth = 93.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/17 / 2017-01-12 19:45:01 / January 12, 2017 @ 7:45 pm.
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Padalarang (c. 124 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bandung, Bogor, Cimahi. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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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: 3 km SW of Cikarang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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