A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Kalibaru Kulon in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.01 km (103 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nhz. Id of event: us10002nhz. Exact location of event, depth 166.01 km, 113.9669° East, -8.292° South. The temblor was picked up at 14:34:44 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 07:34:44 / July 5, 2015 @ 7:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Situbondo (c. 600 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Jember (c. 298 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Banyuwangi (c. 108 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Genteng (c. 79 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bondowoso (c. 69 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kraksaan, Lumajang, Negara.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 1 km WSW of Kalibaru Kulon, Indonesia.
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