A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Lelongken in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 116.4647 East, latitude -8.3518 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ggf7. Id of event: us2000ggf7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 02:20:08 / July 29, 2018 @ 2:20 am. The temblor was reported at 10:20:08 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km SW of Lelongken, Indonesia.
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