A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Karanggedang in Indonesia. 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. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 15:57:41 / August 10, 2018 @ 3:57 pm. Event id: us1000g6f2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g6f2. The temblor was detected at 23:57:41 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 116.4342° East, -8.0953° South, depth 35 km.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km NNE of Karanggedang, Indonesia.
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