A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5021 East, latitude -8.2712 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000ggcj. Event ids that are associated: us2000ggcj. A tsunami warning has been issued near Obelobel in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 23:06:49 / July 28, 2018 @ 11:06 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:06:49 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close 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 Sumbawa Besar, Karangasem, Mataram.
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km W of Obelobel, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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