A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Tawun in Indonesia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.19 km (44 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:40:31 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 115.8895 East, latitude -9.2455 South, depth = 71.19 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 02:40:31 / June 9, 2016 @ 2:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200062z8. Ids that are associated to the event: us200062z8.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya. Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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