A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.4 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.6469 East, latitude -7.4907 South, depth = 57.4 km. Event id: us7000bjid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bjid. The temblor was reported at 02:06:16 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/20 / 2020-09-08 02:06:16 / September 8, 2020 @ 2:06 am.
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Caringin (c. 91 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cicurug (c. 89 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banjar, Caringin, Cicurug (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 three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km S of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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