A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lelongken in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:04:31 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 116.5041° East, latitude -8.3038° South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 03:04:31 / July 29, 2018 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000g1zp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g1zp.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 2 km NNE of Lelongken, Indonesia.
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