A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 19:22:06 / July 26, 2017 @ 7:22 pm. Event id: us2000a1gr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a1gr. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:22:06 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.5101 East, latitude -7.7413 South, depth = 281.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 281.52 km (175 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
Each 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 52 km NNW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia.
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