A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Tanahsong Daya in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 12:18:07 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000g5t7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5t7. Exact location of earthquake, 116.1806° East, -8.3493° South, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:18:07 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 1 km E of Tanahsong Daya, Indonesia.
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