A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Batudulang in Indonesia on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us2000d00q. Event ids that are associated: us2000d00q. Global time and date of event 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 00:31:19 / February 10, 2018 @ 12:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.88 km (73 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:31:19 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 116.88 km, 117.1527° East, -8.8535° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km SSW of Batudulang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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