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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 14 km E of Krajan Ngrambingan, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.2608S, 111.6246WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Krajan Ngrambingan in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:25:51 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 20:25:51 / March 15, 2018 @ 8:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.7 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 111.6246 East, latitude -8.2608 South, depth = 131.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d7x3. Id of event: us1000d7x3.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ngoro, Kertosono, Pare (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kediri (c. 235 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Madiun (c. 186 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ponorogo (c. 79 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nganjuk (c. 69 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km E of Krajan Ngrambingan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.6246° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.2608° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km E of Krajan Ngrambingan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-15 20:25:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-11 00:03:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 0 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 298 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 1.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us1000d7x3 Id of event.
Event Code 1000d7x3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d7x3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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