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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Dampit in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.9473S, 112.6125WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Dampit in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 87.986 km (55 miles). Unique identifier: us6000mzw3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzw3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 112.6125 East, latitude -8.9473 South, depth = 87.986 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 19:42:15 / May 20, 2024 @ 7:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 19:42:15 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kepanjen (c. 51 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pakisaji (c. 30 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Dampit (c. 23 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Gongdanglegi Kulon (c. 22 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malang, Blitar, Pakisaji (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 82 km S of Dampit, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.6125° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9473° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km S of Dampit, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 19:42:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 20:01:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 416 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.594 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us6000mzw3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzw3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzw3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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