A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Santong in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:42:21 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 01:42:21 / August 13, 2018 @ 1:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 116.2538 East, latitude -8.3699 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000g7lr. Event ids that are associated: us1000g7lr.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km SSW of Santong, Indonesia.
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