A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sembalunlawang in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 01:44:24 / July 29, 2018 @ 1:44 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ggep. Id of event: us2000ggep. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5611 East, latitude -8.3612 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:44:24 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 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, Mataram, Praya.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 3 km E of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia.
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