A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Batang in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 11:36:30 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/17 / 2017-03-14 04:36:30 / March 14, 2017 @ 4:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 541.23 km (336 miles). Exact location, longitude 110.1787° East, latitude -5.6735° South, depth = 541.23 km. Event id: us100088t6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100088t6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batang. Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 107 km NNW of Batang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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