A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.4126 East, latitude -7.9872 South, depth = 53.53 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:06:27 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.53 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 18:06:27 / January 10, 2018 @ 6:06 pm. Event id: us1000c375. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c375. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 42 km WNW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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