A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Biaslantang Kaler in Indonesia on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d1yt. Id of event: us2000d1yt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 05:59:12 / February 2, 2018 @ 5:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, 115.8423° East, -8.1902° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:59:12 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tabanan, Denpasar, Munduk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km NE of Biaslantang Kaler, Indonesia.
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