A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Npongge in Indonesia. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:13:31 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 149.8 km, 118.3475° East, -8.5822° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 06:13:31 / May 1, 2018 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dv7n. Unique identifier: us1000dv7n. The epicenter was at a depth of 149.8 km (93 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 6 km ESE of Npongge, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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