A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Karangsembung in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us2000h5h8. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h5h8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:23:16 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 21:23:16 / August 21, 2018 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 231.99 km (144 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 108.7096° East, -6.8589° South, depth 231.99 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Cirebon (c. 254 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tegal (c. 237 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sumedang Utara (c. 206 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pemalang (c. 184 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purbalingga, Sokaraja, Comal (min 5000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km E of Karangsembung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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