A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Belanting in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d12e. Unique identifier: us2000d12e. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:02:41 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.47 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 22:02:41 / February 1, 2018 @ 10:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 116.6741° East, -8.2776° South, depth 24.47 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km ENE of Belanting, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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