A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Batang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us600062tq. Unique identifier: us600062tq. The temblor was picked up at 14:15:38 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 110.7112 East, latitude -5.7542 South, depth = 545.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/19 / 2019-10-25 07:15:38 / October 25, 2019 @ 7:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 545.21 km (339 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mlonggo (c. 33 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tayu (c. 26 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tayu, Mlonggo, Batang (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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 80 km N of Batang, Indonesia.
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