A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Gombangan in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004u04. Unique identifier: us10004u04. The temblor was reported at 14:09:12 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 112.5384° East, -8.659° South, depth 79.99 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79.99 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 06:09:12 / March 2, 2016 @ 6:09 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Gombangan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pare, Kencong, Tulungagung. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Batu (c. 75 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km S of Gombangan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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