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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Cibalieur in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.7367S, 107.8433WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cibalieur in Indonesia on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.82 km (42 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 107.8433 East, latitude -7.7367 South, depth = 66.82 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jjtn. Unique identifier: us1000jjtn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:03:04 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 15:03:04 / March 21, 2019 @ 3:03 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Sumedang Utara (c. 206 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumedang Utara, Bandung, Margahayukencana (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SW of Cibalieur, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 107.8433° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7367° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SW of Cibalieur, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-21 15:03:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-21 15:48:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.66 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000jjtn Id of event.
Event Code 1000jjtn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jjtn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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