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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ngunut in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.6742S, 112.0918WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ngunut in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 00:16:22 / May 7, 2025 @ 12:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:16:22 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0u9. Unique identifier: us7000q0u9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.563 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 112.0918 East, latitude -8.6742 South, depth = 118.563 km.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dampit, Pakisaji, Gongdanglegi Kulon (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Blitar (c. 132 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kedungwaru (c. 80 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tulungagung (c. 65 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kepanjen (c. 51 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sumberpucung (c. 35 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Boyolangu (c. 32 300 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 63 km S of Ngunut, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.0918° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.6742° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.563 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km S of Ngunut, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-07 00:16:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-23 04:17:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.048 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 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 us7000q0u9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0u9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0u9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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