A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Lokokrangan in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.2062 East, latitude -8.154 South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us1000g5th. Event ids that are associated: us1000g5th. 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). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:03 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 14:53:03 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:53 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NNW of Lokokrangan, Indonesia.
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