A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Karangsubagan in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 116.0169° East, -8.4032° South. The temblor was detected at 23:50:56 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Karangsubagan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 15:50:56 / August 6, 2018 @ 3:50 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000g461. Event ids that are associated: us1000g461.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Kuta (c. 30 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Munduk, Kuta, Tabanan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km W of Karangsubagan, Indonesia.
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