A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bualu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.21 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 69.21 km, 115.5171° East, -9.0509° South. The temblor was reported at 07:48:51 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000g5ts. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g5ts. Global time and date of event 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 23:48:51 / July 15, 2018 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kuta (c. 30 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Munduk, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 43 km SE of Bualu, Indonesia.
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