A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ambarawa in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 110.1648 East, latitude -7.2263 South, depth = 241.49 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:26:11 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 241.49 km (150 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 18:26:11 / June 28, 2018 @ 6:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fqh4. Unique identifier: us2000fqh4.
The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Semarang (c. 1 288 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yogyakarta (c. 636 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Surakarta (c. 555 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pekalongan (c. 257 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Salatiga (c. 172 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Purwodadi (c. 150 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gebog, Baekrajan, Purbalingga (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km W of Ambarawa, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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