A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Muncar in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/20 / 2020-09-04 14:42:10 / September 4, 2020 @ 2:42 pm. Unique identifier: us7000bkxk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bkxk. The temblor was detected at 14:42:10 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.48 km (98 miles). Exact location of event, depth 157.48 km, 114.4458° East, -8.4084° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Banyuwangi (c. 108 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Genteng (c. 79 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Denpasar, Bondowoso, Kuta.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km ENE of Muncar, Indonesia.
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