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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Tegal in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.6914S, 109.2315WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Tegal in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 19:05:34 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000d6ip. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d6ip. Exact location of event, depth 229.26 km, 109.2315° East, -6.6914° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 229.26 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/21 / 2021-01-07 19:05:34 / January 7, 2021 @ 7:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wangon, Banyumas, Arjawinangun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Pekalongan (c. 257 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cirebon (c. 254 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Tegal (c. 237 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Pemalang (c. 184 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Plumbon (c. 167 100 pop).

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 three 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 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: 22 km NNE of Tegal, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 109.2315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.6914° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 229.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NNE of Tegal, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-07 19:05:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-07 22:02:56 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 298 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 1.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000d6ip Id of event.
Event Code 6000d6ip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d6ip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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