A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Pagaralam in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 13:54:33 / August 22, 2018 @ 1:54 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 102.8041 East, latitude -4.6423 South, depth = 52.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.13 km (32 miles). Unique identifier: us2000h61f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h61f. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:54:33 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 86 km SW of Pagaralam, Indonesia.
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