A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 116.5909° East, latitude -8.0089° South, depth = 35 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:51:43 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us1000g5ti. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5ti. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 14:51:43 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Praya, Mataram. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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