A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Sampungu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 193.39 km (120 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 14:51:59 / April 30, 2018 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 118.4244° East, -7.8314° South, depth 193.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000dxze. Event ids that are associated: us1000dxze. The temblor was picked up at 22:51:59 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km NNW of Sampungu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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