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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Bambanglipuro in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4087S, 110.2801WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bambanglipuro in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 110.2801° East, -8.4087° South. Id of earthquake: us200064we. Event ids that are associated: us200064we. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 13:09:53 / May 22, 2016 @ 1:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:09:53 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Yogyakarta (c. 636 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Klaten (c. 126 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Depok (c. 104 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kasihan (c. 86 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sewon (c. 73 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Melati (c. 67 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceper, Karanganom, Muntilan.

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 thirteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 50 km S of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia. This data 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 110.2801° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4087° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km S of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-22 13:09:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-16 20:16:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 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 0.548 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us200064we Id of event.
Event Code 200064we An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200064we, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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