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Strong earthquake 6 mag, 93 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.2469S, 112.6938WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.24 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 07:05:08 / July 26, 2015 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:05:08 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 112.6938 East, latitude -9.2469 South, depth = 59.24 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000306u. Id of event: us2000306u. A tsunami warning has been issued near Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gongdanglegi Kulon, Dampit (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 115 km (72 miles) from Dampit (c. 23 100 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Gongdanglegi Kulon (c. 22 500 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.6938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.2469° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-26 07:05:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-26 07:36:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.85 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 557 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.634 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000306u Id of event.
Event Code 2000306u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000306u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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