A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Mambi in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:08:09 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000el8v. Event ids that are associated: us1000el8v. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 119.1019 East, latitude -2.817 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 13:08:09 / June 8, 2018 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rantepao, Majene, Polewali.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km NNW of Mambi, Indonesia.
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