A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:04:09 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 09:04:09 / August 15, 2018 @ 9:04 am. Id of earthquake: us1000g9l5. Event ids that are associated: us1000g9l5. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.516 East, latitude -8.2754 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 one, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 3 km WSW of Obelobel, Indonesia.
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