A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 07:33:13 / May 11, 2018 @ 7:33 am. Exact location of event, depth 288.9 km, 117.2854° East, -7.6652° South. The temblor was picked up at 15:33:13 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2mw. Unique identifier: us1000e2mw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 288.9 km (180 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km NW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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