A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Bengga in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.83 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.2705° East, latitude -9.4885° South, depth = 119.83 km. The temblor was detected at 18:50:20 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 10:50:20 / August 5, 2018 @ 10:50 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g3tw. Unique identifier: us1000g3tw.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ende (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km S of Bengga, Indonesia.
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