A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Karadenan in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 17:22:04 / August 17, 2018 @ 5:22 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000gbnf. Event ids that are associated: us1000gbnf. Exact location of event, longitude 106.6178 East, latitude -7.401 South, depth = 65.88 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.88 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:22:04 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Caringin (c. 91 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cicurug (c. 89 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Ciranjang-hilir (c. 77 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciranjang-hilir, Ciampea, Banjar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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