A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Krajan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 111.7684 East, latitude -8.3852 South, depth = 43.3 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:28:33 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.3 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us200081ju. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081ju. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 05:28:33 / December 10, 2016 @ 5:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kediri (c. 235 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Madiun (c. 186 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ponorogo (c. 79 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nganjuk (c. 69 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kepanjen, Jatiroto, Madiun.
Each 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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SW of Krajan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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