A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kedunggajul in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:02:31 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 111.9764 East, latitude -8.7722 South, depth = 77.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us600050va. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600050va. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 00:02:31 / July 28, 2019 @ 12:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.82 km (48 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Boyolangu (c. 32 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Trenggalek (c. 29 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumberpucung, Trenggalek, Tulungagung.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 54 km SSW of Kedunggajul, Indonesia.
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