A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gge4. Unique identifier: us2000gge4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:16:26 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 23:16:26 / July 28, 2018 @ 11:16 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.5751° East, -8.2953° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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