Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Sindangkerta in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Sindangkerta in Indonesia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.45 km (45 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 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:35:36 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008u18. Id of event: us20008u18. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 107.9963 East, latitude -7.8881 South, depth = 72.45 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/17 / 2017-03-23 14:35:36 / March 23, 2017 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banjar, Sidareja, Paseh. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kawalu (c. 50 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Singaparna (c. 48 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rajapolah (c. 39 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	107.9963° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.8881° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	72.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km SSW of Sindangkerta, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-23 14:35:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-23 14:53:42	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	340	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	2.503	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	129	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	us20008u18	Id of event.
Event Code	20008u18	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008u18,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

107.9963° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-7.8881° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

72.45 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15km SSW of Sindangkerta, Indonesia

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

Time

2017-03-23 14:35:36

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-23 14:53:42

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

340

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

2.503

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

Root Mean Square

1.07 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

129

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

us20008u18

Id of event.

Event Code

20008u18

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

Event IDS

,us20008u18,

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

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