A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Labuhankuris in Indonesia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 21:58:11 / May 11, 2017 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:58:11 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 168.87 km (105 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008rpn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008rpn. Exact location, longitude 117.6714° East, latitude -8.3939° South, depth = 168.87 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km N of Labuhankuris, Indonesia.
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