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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Krajan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.0945S, 114.3179WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Krajan in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 02:09:12 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 19:09:12 / July 30, 2018 @ 7:09 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g2lc. Id of event: us1000g2lc. Exact location of earthquake, 114.3179° East, -8.0945° South, depth 199.86 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.86 km (124 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Situbondo (c. 600 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Banyuwangi (c. 108 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Genteng (c. 79 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Munduk, Singaraja, Besuki (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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 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: 8 km NNW of Krajan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 114.3179° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.0945° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NNW of Krajan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-30 19:09:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-03 22:30:54 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 0.407 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us1000g2lc Id of event.
Event Code 1000g2lc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g2lc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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