A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Belanting in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5974 East, latitude -8.3426 South, depth = 17.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g62q. Id of event: us1000g62q. The temblor was reported at 04:33:04 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 20:33:04 / August 9, 2018 @ 8:33 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Belanting, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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