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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag has occurred near Pamanukan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.907S, 108.1556WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 157 km NNE of Pamanukan, Indonesia (98 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:26:01 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20007f7j. Event ids that are associated: us20007f7j. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 108.1556 East, latitude -4.907 South, depth = 622.71 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 622.71 km (387 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 00:26:01 / October 19, 2016 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 135 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 157 km NNE of Pamanukan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 108.1556° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.907° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 622.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 157km NNE of Pamanukan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-19 00:26:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-19 00:43:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 591 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 3.113 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 us20007f7j Id of event.
Event Code 20007f7j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007f7j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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