A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ngulung Wetan in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 09:57:12 / May 26, 2018 @ 9:57 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.34 km (41 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 111.4221° East, -8.7904° South, depth 65.34 km. Event id: us1000eerp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eerp. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:57:12 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boyolangu, Trenggalek (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Boyolangu (c. 32 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Trenggalek (c. 29 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia.
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