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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 85 km S of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.7179S, 110.1811WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Bambanglipuro in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:41 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 110.1811° East, latitude -8.7179° South, depth = 60.867 km. Event id: us7000n9hl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n9hl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 12:57:41 / August 26, 2024 @ 12:57 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.867 km (38 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 106 km (66 miles) from Yogyakarta (c. 636 700 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Depok (c. 104 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kasihan (c. 86 200 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Sewon (c. 73 600 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Melati (c. 67 100 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Gamping Lor (c. 66 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Godean (c. 63 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bantul (c. 58 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sleman, Candi Prambanan, Melati (min 5000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

Questions or comments?

How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km S of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 110.1811° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.7179° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.867 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km S of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-26 12:57:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 13:16:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 483 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n9hl Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9hl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9hl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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