A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tanahsong Daya in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000g5tu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5tu. The temblor was reported at 22:24:41 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 14:24:41 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:24 pm. Exact location, longitude 116.2047° East, latitude -8.3209° South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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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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: 5 km NE of Tanahsong Daya, Indonesia.
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