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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 53 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.8851S, 112.7372WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.76 km (71 miles). Exact location of event, depth 113.76 km, 112.7372° East, -8.8851° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g1y3. Id of event: us1000g1y3. The temblor was detected at 08:14:11 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 00:14:11 / July 28, 2018 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kepanjen (c. 51 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kencong (c. 43 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pakisaji (c. 30 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Dampit (c. 23 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malang, Lumajang, Kencong.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 53 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.7372° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.8851° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-28 00:14:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-06 23:21:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 369 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 24.286 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us1000g1y3 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g1y3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g1y3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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