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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Cibatuireng in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.6431S, 108.1618WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Cibatuireng in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:19:44 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 92.34 km, 108.1618° East, -7.6431° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 01:19:44 / November 9, 2019 @ 1:19 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92.34 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60006c2a. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006c2a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sumedang Utara (c. 206 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cileunyi (c. 111 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Majalengka (c. 87 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banjar, Pameungpeuk, Sumedang Utara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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. 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: 1 km WSW of Cibatuireng, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 108.1618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.6431° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km WSW of Cibatuireng, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-09 01:19:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-16 04:24:01 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 312 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 0.979 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us60006c2a Id of event.
Event Code 60006c2a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006c2a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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