Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 13 km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ngulung Wetan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 111.4993 East, latitude -8.4187 South, depth = 118.12 km. Event id: us2000hi95. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hi95. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.12 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 00:42:05 / September 15, 2018 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:42:05 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gampengrejo, Kediri, Madiun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kediri (c. 235 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Madiun (c. 186 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponorogo (c. 79 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	111.4993° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-8.4187° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.12 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-15 00:42:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-01 05:34:13	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	271	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	1.089	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us2000hi95	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hi95	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hi95,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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