A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Prawira in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 14:45:37 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:45:37 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000g5tf. Event ids that are associated: us1000g5tf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.12 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 116.0894° East, -8.3456° South, depth 21.12 km.
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 Ubud, Klungkung, Karangasem. The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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 WNW of Prawira, Indonesia.
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