Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.205 km (31 miles). Global time and date of event 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 14:12:09 / October 8, 2024 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:12:09 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nxa0. Event ids that are associated: us6000nxa0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.6386 East, latitude -7.5359 South, depth = 49.205 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banjar, Caringin, Cicurug (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Caringin (c. 91 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cicurug (c. 89 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pelabuhanratu (c. 43 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Banjar (c. 37 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	106.6386° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.5359° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.205 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km S of Pelabuhanratu, 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 14:12:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-08 15:09:50	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	91	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.005	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	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	us6000nxa0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nxa0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nxa0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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