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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Ciheras in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.7584S, 107.923WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ciheras in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.95 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 22:05:33 / January 8, 2020 @ 10:05 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70006wlt. Event ids that are associated: us70006wlt. Exact location of event, depth 68.95 km, 107.923° East, -7.7584° South. The temblor was reported at 05:05:33 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cileunyi (c. 111 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Margahayukencana (c. 83 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Margahayukencana, Cileunyi, Soreang (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Ciheras, Indonesia. This information 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 107.923° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7584° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SW of Ciheras, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-08 22:05:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-08 22:34:28 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 0.399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us70006wlt Id of event.
Event Code 70006wlt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006wlt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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