A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Santong in Indonesia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 00:28:18 / August 6, 2018 @ 12:28 am. Unique identifier: us1000g3yg. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g3yg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.3714 East, latitude -8.3821 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:28:18 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Santong in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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