A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Lokokrangan in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 34.56 km, 116.2892° East, -8.2236° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:21:40 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000g5t6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5t6. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 12:21:40 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:21 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.56 km (21 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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: 4 km NE of Lokokrangan, Indonesia.
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