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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.5895S, 112.8751WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 132 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia (82 miles) on Friday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:22 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.64 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/16 / 2016-01-08 13:08:22 / January 8, 2016 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 112.8751 East, latitude -9.5895 South, depth = 44.64 km. Unique identifier: us10004eg7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004eg7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 132 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.8751° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5895° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km 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 2016-01-08 13:08:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-22 08:44:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 259 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 1.681 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us10004eg7 Id of event.
Event Code 10004eg7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004eg7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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