Mag. 4.3 earthquake - Java Sea, 123 km north of Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, on Friday, 13 December 2019 at 22:11 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.3 earthquake - Java Sea, 123 km north of Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, on Friday, 13 December 2019 at 22:11 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

13 Dec 22:20 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 9 minutes.
Date & time: 13 Dec 2019 22:11:05 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.42°S / 111.01°E (Java Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Muria (134 km / 83 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
123 km (76 mi) NNE of Batang (pop: 115,500) --> See nearby quakes!
149 km (92 mi) N of Pati (pop: 122,800) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (96 mi) N of Kudus (pop: 92,200) --> See nearby quakes!
169 km (105 mi) NNE of Demak (pop: 27,300) --> See nearby quakes!
178 km (111 mi) NNW of Blora (pop: 51,800) --> See nearby quakes!
186 km (115 mi) N of Purwodadi Grobogan (pop: 150,200) --> See nearby quakes!
202 km (125 mi) NW of Tuban (pop: 76,200) --> See nearby quakes!
203 km (126 mi) NNE of Ungaran (pop: 127,800) --> See nearby quakes!
215 km (134 mi) NNW of Bojonegoro (pop: 86,600) --> See nearby quakes!
223 km (139 mi) N of Sragen (pop: 71,500) --> See nearby quakes!
239 km (149 mi) N of Boyolali (pop: 59,900) --> See nearby quakes!
243 km (151 mi) NE of Pemalang (pop: 184,100) --> See nearby quakes!
248 km (154 mi) NNE of Wonosobo (pop: 93,000) --> See nearby quakes!
258 km (160 mi) N of Klaten (pop: 126,800) --> See nearby quakes!
262 km (163 mi) NNW of Nganjuk (pop: 69,000) --> See nearby quakes!
263 km (163 mi) NW of Bangkalan (pop: 62,200) --> See nearby quakes!
265 km (165 mi) NW of Gresik (pop: 73,600) --> See nearby quakes!
265 km (165 mi) NNE of Sleman (pop: 56,200) --> See nearby quakes!
270 km (168 mi) NE of Slawi (pop: 61,200) --> See nearby quakes!
277 km (172 mi) N of Ponorogo (pop: 79,000) --> See nearby quakes!
280 km (174 mi) NW of Surabaya (pop: 2,374,700) --> See nearby quakes!
285 km (177 mi) NNE of Bantul (pop: 58,700) --> See nearby quakes!
285 km (177 mi) NE of Purbalingga (pop: 56,900) --> See nearby quakes!
294 km (183 mi) NW of Sidoarjo (pop: 139,200) --> See nearby quakes!
297 km (184 mi) NE of Purwokerto (pop: 217,200) --> See nearby quakes!
315 km (196 mi) NW of Sampang (pop: 53,300) --> See nearby quakes!
317 km (197 mi) ENE of Sumber (pop: 93,400) --> See nearby quakes!
329 km (204 mi) ENE of Kuningan (pop: 72,100) --> See nearby quakes!
334 km (208 mi) NW of Pamekasan (pop: 92,400) --> See nearby quakes!
469 km (292 mi) E of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
66 km (41 mi) NE of Pulau Cendikian Island --> See nearby quakes!
141 km (87 mi) NNW of Pulau Cilik Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.310 kmJava Sea (Indonesia)BMKG

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Mag. 4.3 earthquake - Java Sea, 123 km north of Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, on Friday, 13 December 2019 at 22:11 (GMT)
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