A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Karangbolong in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us2000e0ce. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000e0ce. 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 60.66 km (38 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:02:23 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 18:02:23 / April 14, 2018 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 105.1315 East, latitude -6.3608 South, depth = 60.66 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 64 km WNW of Karangbolong, Indonesia.
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