A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Gelang in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:56:05 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 113.4706 East, latitude -8.059 South, depth = 168.63 km. Unique identifier: us10006uz0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006uz0. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 16:56:05 / October 4, 2016 @ 4:56 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.63 km (105 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Situbondo (c. 600 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Probolinggo (c. 181 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pasuruan (c. 158 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malang, Gongdanglegi Kulon, Singosari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 7 km ENE of Gelang, Indonesia.
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