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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 66 km S of Dampit, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.8103S, 112.7745WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Dampit in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:03:53 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.344 km (52 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 112.7745 East, latitude -8.8103 South, depth = 83.344 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 03:03:53 / August 13, 2024 @ 3:03 am. Unique identifier: us6000njsa. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njsa.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malang, Lumajang, Kencong (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kepanjen (c. 51 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kencong (c. 43 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pakisaji (c. 30 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Dampit (c. 23 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected 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. 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: 66 km S of Dampit, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.7745° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.8103° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.344 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 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 2024-08-13 03:03:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-13 04:01:23 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 312 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.403 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us6000njsa Id of event.
Event Code 6000njsa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njsa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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