A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tegalrejo in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tegalrejo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008i9k. Id of event: us20008i9k. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/17 / 2017-02-07 17:21:47 / February 7, 2017 @ 5:21 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:21:47 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.52 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 143.52 km, 113.0802° East, -8.4623° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Probolinggo (c. 181 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pasuruan (c. 158 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Bangil (c. 120 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Besuki, Bondowoso, Prigen (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km SE of Tegalrejo, Indonesia.
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