A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sindangsari in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.73 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:53:18 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 108.5368° East, latitude -8.1095° South, depth = 88.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008rva. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008rva. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 00:53:18 / May 7, 2017 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kawalu (c. 50 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Wangon (c. 35 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sidareja (c. 30 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciamis, Kawalu, Wangon (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSE of Sindangsari, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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