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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Cilacap in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0916S, 109.1453WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Cilacap in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdr4. Unique identifier: us7000mdr4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.255 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 109.1453° East, latitude -8.0916° South, depth = 89.255 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:48:01 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 00:48:01 / April 22, 2024 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Majenang, Kutoarjo, Baturaden. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Purwokerto (c. 217 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sokaraja (c. 66 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Purbalingga (c. 56 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Banyumas (c. 48 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Baturaden (c. 42 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Majenang (c. 38 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Wangon (c. 35 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SSE of Cilacap, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 109.1453° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0916° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89.255 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km SSE of Cilacap, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 00:48:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 04:48:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 326 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us7000mdr4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdr4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdr4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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