A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Binuangeun in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/17 / 2017-08-25 22:11:29 / August 25, 2017 @ 10:11 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:11:29 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 105.7976° East, latitude -7.3238° South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us2000ad5y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ad5y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km S of Binuangeun, Indonesia.
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