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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kraksaan in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.7741S, 113.4957WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kraksaan in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 177.622 km (110 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nzx7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzx7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 113.4957 East, latitude -7.7741 South, depth = 177.622 km. The temblor was reported at 20:29:39 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 20:29:39 / October 20, 2024 @ 8:29 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Situbondo (c. 600 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Probolinggo (c. 181 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pasuruan (c. 158 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sidoarjo (c. 139 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sidoarjo, Tanggulangin, Singosari (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 11 km E of Kraksaan, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 113.4957° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7741° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177.622 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km E of Kraksaan, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-20 20:29:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-21 17:31:04 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 284 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000nzx7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzx7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzx7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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