A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Todo in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Todo in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:25:31 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5n1. Id of event: us1000g5n1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 05:25:31 / August 9, 2018 @ 5:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.2078 East, latitude -8.3939 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tabanan, Kuta, Denpasar. Epicenter of the event was 113 km (70 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 120 km (74 miles) from Kuta (c. 30 000 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 3 km SE of Todo, Indonesia.
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