A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bayan in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000g1zi. Event ids that are associated: us1000g1zi. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:05:30 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.4413° East, -8.3172° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 00:05:30 / July 29, 2018 @ 12:05 am.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 5 km SSE of Bayan, Indonesia.
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