A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Citaritih in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.85 km (55 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:25:02 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 87.85 km, 106.024° East, -6.9072° South. Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 22:25:02 / February 17, 2018 @ 10:25 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000d8cp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d8cp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Serang (c. 164 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rangkasbitung (c. 126 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pandeglang (c. 92 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Caringin (c. 91 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bogor, Caringin, Serang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSW of Citaritih, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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