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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Sumberanyar in Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.2819S, 114.5218WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sumberanyar in Indonesia. Event id: us700034fd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034fd. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 13:09:07 / April 2, 2019 @ 1:09 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.05 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:09:07 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 24.05 km, 114.5218° East, -7.2819° South.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balung, Panarukan, Wongsorejo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Situbondo (c. 600 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sumenep (c. 84 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Balung (c. 47 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Panji (c. 42 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Panarukan (c. 30 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Wongsorejo (c. 29 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalianget (c. 23 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NNE of Sumberanyar, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 114.5218° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.2819° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km NNE of Sumberanyar, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-02 13:09:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-14 16:18:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 420 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 312 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 1.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us700034fd Id of event.
Event Code 700034fd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700034fd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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