A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Batang in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000d3d5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d3d5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 18:29:37 / February 7, 2018 @ 6:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 537.19 km (334 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:29:37 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 110.6149° East, latitude -5.8045° South, depth = 537.19 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mlonggo, Batang. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mlonggo (c. 33 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 75 km N of Batang, Indonesia.
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