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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.9441S, 106.0941WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Pelabuhanratu in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 21:46:25 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.155 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 21:46:25 / September 16, 2024 @ 9:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000ng9k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ng9k. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.0941 East, latitude -6.9441 South, depth = 31.155 km.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Serang, Sukabumi, Parung (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Bogor (c. 800 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sukabumi (c. 276 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ciampea (c. 207 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Parung (c. 193 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Curug (c. 191 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cikupa (c. 174 000 pop).

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 50 km W of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 106.0941° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.9441° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.155 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km W 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 2024-09-16 21:46:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 03:03:02 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 284 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us7000ng9k Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng9k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng9k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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