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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 49 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.7382S, 107.4531WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Rengasdengklok in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 10:38:44 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 107.4531 East, latitude -5.7382 South, depth = 313.956 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 10:38:44 / October 8, 2024 @ 10:38 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 313.956 km (195 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nx8z. Event ids that are associated: us6000nx8z.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Jakarta (c. 8 540 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bekasi (c. 1 520 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Masjid Jamie Baitul Muttaqien (c. 1 000 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Purwakarta (c. 215 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ciputat (c. 207 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cileungsir (c. 202 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rengasdengklok (c. 201 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciputat, Teluknaga, Cileungsir (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 49 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 107.4531° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7382° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 313.956 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-08 10:38:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-08 11:01:28 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 354 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us6000nx8z Id of event.
Event Code 6000nx8z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nx8z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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