A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sembalunbumbung in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 05:44:53 / August 4, 2018 @ 5:44 am. Event id: us1000g3ab. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3ab. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:44:53 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 116.6111° East, latitude -8.3939° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya. Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 7 km E of Sembalunbumbung, Indonesia.
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