A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us1000hvhi. Event ids that are associated: us1000hvhi. The temblor was detected at 22:16:51 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 15:16:51 / November 15, 2018 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 312.1 km (194 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 108.0385 East, latitude -6.1458 South, depth = 312.1 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lembang, Cirebon, Sumber. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien (c. 1 000 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cirebon (c. 254 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sumedang Utara (c. 206 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rengasdengklok (c. 201 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lembang (c. 183 100 pop).
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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km NNE of Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien, Indonesia.
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