A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Pali in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 118.3055 East, latitude -8.1852 South, depth = 19.15 km. Global time and date of event 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 22:26:08 / July 31, 2015 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10002x0l. Event ids that are associated: us10002x0l. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.15 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Pali in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:26:08 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Bima (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 21 km N of Pali, Indonesia.
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