A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Mekarsari in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.48 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 107.0853 East, latitude -7.4494 South, depth = 83.48 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 21:10:09 / December 15, 2017 @ 9:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:10:09 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000buig. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000buig.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lembang (c. 183 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cileunyi, Lembang, Caringin (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km WSW of Mekarsari, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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