A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lelongken in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 13.5 km, 116.4464° East, -8.3213° South. The temblor was reported at 09:50:32 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lelongken in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.5 km (8 miles). Event id: us2000gges. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gges. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 01:50:32 / July 29, 2018 @ 1:50 am.
The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Karangasem, Praya. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 5 km W of Lelongken, Indonesia.
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