A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Sukorejo in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/08/16 / 2016-08-25 07:36:50 / August 25, 2016 @ 7:36 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006vby. Unique identifier: us20006vby. Exact location of event, longitude 111.0429 East, latitude -8.708 South, depth = 79.74 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.74 km (50 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:36:50 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Jatiroto (c. 50 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jatiroto (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SW of Sukorejo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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