A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:37:42 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 05:37:42 / June 27, 2018 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f34k. Id of event: us1000f34k. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.17 km (18 miles). Exact location, longitude 117.858° East, latitude -8.1398° South, depth = 29.17 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km E of Labuhankananga, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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