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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Kaliandak in Indonesia


Earthquake location -5.9412S, 105.3268WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kaliandak in Indonesia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us200067ej. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067ej. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaliandak in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 46.74 km, 105.3268° East, -5.9412° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 03:32:50 / June 28, 2016 @ 3:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.74 km (29 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:32:50 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Serang (c. 164 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Metro (c. 149 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pandeglang (c. 92 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pandeglang, Serang, Metro (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km SW of Kaliandak, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.3268° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.9412° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SW of Kaliandak, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-28 03:32:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-28 03:49:58 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 1 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 416 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 2.836 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us200067ej Id of event.
Event Code 200067ej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200067ej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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