A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 13:42:24 / May 20, 2024 @ 1:42 pm. Exact location, longitude 106.4882° East, latitude -7.7527° South, depth = 44.223 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:42:24 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n1ah. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1ah. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.223 km (27 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pelabuhanratu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 84 km S of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia.
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