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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Blimbing in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.0449S, 111.9047WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Blimbing in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 111.9047° East, latitude -6.0449° South, depth = 638.28 km. Global time and date of event 19/09/19 / 2019-09-19 07:32:58 / September 19, 2019 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60005kuc. Unique identifier: us60005kuc. The temblor was reported at 14:32:58 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 638.28 km (397 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Blimbing in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Tuban (c. 76 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Rembangan (c. 44 000 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Juwana (c. 40 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Lasem (c. 28 900 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Paciran (c. 27 100 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Tayu (c. 26 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juwana, Tayu, Paciran. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NNE of Blimbing, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.9047° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0449° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 638.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km NNE of Blimbing, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-19 07:32:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-19 07:58:26 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 1 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 500 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 1.763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us60005kuc Id of event.
Event Code 60005kuc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005kuc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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