A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Gombangan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 79.01 km, 112.525° East, -8.6514° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.01 km (49 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hss. Id of event: us20003hss. Global time and date of event 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 16:19:24 / September 10, 2015 @ 4:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:19:24 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kencong, Lumajang, Tulungagung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Lumajang (c. 123 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Batu (c. 75 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSW of Gombangan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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