Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Banjar in Indonesia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Banjar in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:12:35 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 15:12:35 / August 16, 2020 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.84 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 107.3531 East, latitude -7.6793 South, depth = 29.84 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bib4. Unique identifier: us6000bib4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cimahi, Singaparna, Bandung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Bandung (c. 1 699 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cimahi (c. 493 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Banjaran (c. 165 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Soreang (c. 150 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Paseh (c. 126 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Margahayukencana (c. 83 100 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 two and in the last 365 days seventeen 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km S of Banjar, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	107.3531° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.6793° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km S of Banjar, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-16 15:12:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-23 16:08:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	271	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	0.364	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108	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	us6000bib4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000bib4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000bib4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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