A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 00:16:01 / August 10, 2016 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 117.8323° East, -8.1559° South, depth 36.11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.11 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:16:01 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006chl. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006chl.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 6 km ESE of Labuhankananga, Indonesia.
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