A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Belanting in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 116.6569° East, latitude -8.2713° South, depth = 19.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.97 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 10:42:18 / August 19, 2018 @ 10:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gd72. Id of event: us1000gd72. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:42:18 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NE of Belanting, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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