A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Loboniki in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:36:10 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us100030df. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030df. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8906 East, latitude -8.2373 South, depth = 197.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 197.17 km (123 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 02:36:10 / August 8, 2015 @ 2:36 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ende, Maumere. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km N of Loboniki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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