A 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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