A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Bengga in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.54 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 21:36:48 / July 26, 2018 @ 9:36 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:36:48 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 93.54 km, 121.2623° East, -8.9632° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000getl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000getl.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Ende (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SW of Bengga, Indonesia.
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