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Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 95 km south of Wangon, Central Java, Indonesia, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 4:43 am (GMT +7) -

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 83 km depth

17 Mar 21:52 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 9 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 21:43:16 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 4:43 am (GMT +7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	83.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	8.35°S / 108.87°E (Indian Ocean, Indonesia)
Antipode	8.35°N / 71.13°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	Slamet (129 km / 80 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	90 km (56 mi) SSW of Kroya (pop: 23,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SSW of Wangon (pop: 35,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) S of Sidareja (pop: 30,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 109 km (68 mi) SSW of Sokaraja (pop: 66,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 111 km (69 mi) SSW of Purwokerto (pop: 217,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) SSE of Ciamis (pop: 123,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 211 km (131 mi) SE of Bandung (pop: 1,699,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 326 km (203 mi) SE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 157 km (98 mi) SW of Java Island (pop: 141,370,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 26.5°C (80 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	83 km	Java, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.2	83 km	JAVA, INDONESIA	EMSC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Kuching (KSM/MY network) | Distance from quake: 1104 km / 686 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Kuching: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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