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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jengglungharjo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.3375S, 111.9345WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Jengglungharjo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 111.9345 East, latitude -8.3375 South, depth = 122.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.77 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:07:13 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 19:07:13 / August 21, 2015 @ 7:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000342j. Event ids that are associated: us1000342j.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Kediri (c. 235 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Madiun (c. 186 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ponorogo (c. 79 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madiun, Dampit, Diwek (min 5000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSE of Jengglungharjo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.9345° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3375° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SSE of Jengglungharjo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-21 19:07:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-22 14:41:32 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 1.459 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us1000342j Id of event.
Event Code 1000342j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000342j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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