A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/20 / 2020-10-21 23:50:21 / October 21, 2020 @ 11:50 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c6bl. Id of event: us7000c6bl. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.3321 East, latitude -6.7441 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:21 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tangerang (c. 1 372 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from South Tangerang (c. 1 303 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Depok (c. 1 198 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bekasi, Jakarta, Cileungsir. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 36 km NW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia.
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