A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sindangsari in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 18:05:56 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7rq. Id of event: us2000j7rq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 11:05:56 / January 23, 2019 @ 11:05 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 104.51 km (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 108.616 East, latitude -8.138 South, depth = 104.51 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kroya, Wangon, Sidareja (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Wangon (c. 35 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sidareja (c. 30 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kroya (c. 23 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km SSE of Sindangsari, Indonesia.
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