A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 23:40:00 / July 31, 2016 @ 11:40 pm. The temblor was detected at 07:40:00 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Labuhankananga in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 117.8157° East, -8.2177° South. Unique identifier: us1000692a. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000692a.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima, Sumbawa Besar. Event epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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