A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Batang in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 542.41 km (337 miles). Exact location, longitude 110.6514° East, latitude -5.7409° South, depth = 542.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ck04. Id of event: us2000ck04. Global time and date of event 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 21:03:56 / December 31, 2017 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:03:56 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mlonggo (c. 33 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mlonggo, Batang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km N of Batang, Indonesia.
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