A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Cibungur in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d37h. Unique identifier: us2000d37h. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 13:28:11 / February 16, 2018 @ 1:28 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.4171 East, latitude -7.7241 South, depth = 63.13 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.13 km (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:28:11 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SSW of Cibungur, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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