A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Banjar Tiga in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114.43 km (71 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:40:31 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 115.364 East, latitude -8.3752 South, depth = 114.43 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/17 / 2017-03-21 23:40:31 / March 21, 2017 @ 11:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20008vc8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008vc8.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Negara, Seririt (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 1 km NE of Banjar Tiga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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