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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Trenggalek in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.8902S, 111.2844WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Trenggalek in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:11:33 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 11:11:33 / April 22, 2024 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 111.2844° East, -8.8902° South, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdtn. Id of event: us7000mdtn.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boyolangu, Trenggalek. Earthquake epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Boyolangu (c. 32 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Trenggalek (c. 29 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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 was reported nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 101 km SSW of Trenggalek, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.2844° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.8902° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101 km SSW of Trenggalek, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 11:11:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 13:48:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 434 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.011 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us7000mdtn Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdtn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdtn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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