A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Sampungu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.4386 East, latitude -8.3228 South, depth = 82.12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.12 km (51 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:26:54 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000456r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000456r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/15 / 2015-12-08 15:26:54 / December 8, 2015 @ 3:26 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima. Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WSW of Sampungu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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