A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pemenang in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:35:22 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 12:35:22 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5t9. Unique identifier: us1000g5t9. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 116.0539° East, -8.3139° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ubud, Klungkung, Karangasem. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 11 km NNW of Pemenang, Indonesia.
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