A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Santong in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 116.2375° East, -8.3125° South, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 20:41:30 / August 5, 2018 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g3xb. Unique identifier: us1000g3xb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:41:30 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 nine, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 5 km W of Santong, Indonesia.
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