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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.9106S, 112.4585WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 06:09:23 / August 8, 2018 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:09:23 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Krajan Tambakrejo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 75.48 km, 112.4585° East, -8.9106° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g57n. Id of event: us1000g57n. The epicenter was at a depth of 75.48 km (47 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ngunut, Blitar, Pakisaji. Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kepanjen (c. 51 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pakisaji (c. 30 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Ngunut (c. 26 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Dampit (c. 23 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gongdanglegi Kulon (c. 22 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

Questions or comments?

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: 62 km SSW of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.4585° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9106° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km SSW of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-08 06:09:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-08 06:29:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 1 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 385 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.73 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.54 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 us1000g57n Id of event.
Event Code 1000g57n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g57n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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