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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag strikes near Kemeduran in Indonesia


Earthquake location -6.0733S, 113.116WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 111 kilometers (69 miles) from Kemeduran in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 18:12:37 / February 5, 2020 @ 6:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 113.116° East, -6.0733° South, depth 592.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007j6z. Id of event: us70007j6z. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kemeduran in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 592.2 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:12:37 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 116 km (72 miles) from Bangkalan (c. 62 200 pop), 125 km (77 miles) from Sampang (c. 53 300 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Paciran (c. 27 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sampang, Paciran, Bangkalan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 111 km NNE of Kemeduran, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 113.116° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0733° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 592.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111km NNE of Kemeduran, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-05 18:12:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-05 18:30:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 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 591 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 2.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70007j6z Id of event.
Event Code 70007j6z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007j6z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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