A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 00:18:32 / July 29, 2018 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5863 East, latitude -8.1939 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:18:32 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g1zj. Id of event: us1000g1zj.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km NNE of Obelobel, Indonesia.
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