A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Gombangan in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 112.535 East, latitude -8.6904 South, depth = 83.79 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:03 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/19 / 2019-05-16 14:39:03 / May 16, 2019 @ 2:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.79 km (52 miles). Id of earthquake: usd000a1ka. Event ids that are associated: usd000a1ka.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Batu (c. 75 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulungagung, Lumajang, Kedungwaru (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 37 km S of Gombangan, Indonesia.
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