A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Bayan in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 18:21:20 / August 6, 2018 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bayan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 116.3783° East, -8.2992° South, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g496. Unique identifier: us1000g496. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:21:20 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 6 km WSW of Bayan, Indonesia.
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