A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Kemeduran in Indonesia. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:59:24 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 588.64 km (366 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 113.0028 East, latitude -6.141 South, depth = 588.64 km. Event id: us2000as7r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000as7r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/17 / 2017-09-20 23:59:24 / September 20, 2017 @ 11:59 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kemeduran in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Bangkalan (c. 62 200 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Paciran (c. 27 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paciran, Bangkalan (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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 98 km NNE of Kemeduran, Indonesia.
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