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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Kawalu in Indonesia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kawalu in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 108.3777° East, -7.861° South, depth 89.798 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nmea. Event ids that are associated: us7000nmea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.798 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:43:52 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 12:43:52 / October 22, 2024 @ 12:43 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Tasikmalaya (c. 271 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ciamis (c. 123 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Kuningan (c. 72 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kawalu (c. 50 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Singaparna (c. 48 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rajapolah (c. 39 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Majenang (c. 38 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuningan, Kroya, Wanaraja. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km SSE of Kawalu, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	108.3777° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.861° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	89.798 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km SSE of Kawalu, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-22 12:43:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-22 13:02:14	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	369	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.823	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	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	us7000nmea	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nmea	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nmea,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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