A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Komodo in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 119.5053° East, -8.6835° South, depth 138.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 14:03:58 / July 15, 2018 @ 2:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.6 km (86 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:03:58 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000g5t6. Event ids that are associated: us2000g5t6.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima, Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km S of Komodo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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