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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Tegalrejo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.4623S, 113.0802WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 113.0802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.4623° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SE of Tegalrejo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-07 17:21:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-07 17:50:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 1 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 419 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 1.06 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us20008i9k Id of event.
Event Code 20008i9k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008i9k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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