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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 63 km SW of Sukorejo, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.5668S, 110.8967WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Sukorejo in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 18:55:55 / August 1, 2015 @ 6:55 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:55:55 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.84 km (48 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 110.8967 East, latitude -8.5668 South, depth = 76.84 km. Event id: us10002xcx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xcx.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pundong, Selogiri, Jatiroto. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Jatiroto (c. 50 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Selogiri (c. 30 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Wonosari (c. 27 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pundong (c. 24 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 63 km SW of Sukorejo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 110.8967° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.5668° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km SW of Sukorejo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-01 18:55:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-02 22:14:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 271 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 0.747 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us10002xcx Id of event.
Event Code 10002xcx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002xcx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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