A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000gdd3. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdd3. The temblor was reported at 23:45:54 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 15:45:54 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.7881 East, latitude -8.392 South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Sumbawa Besar, Praya (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 11 km E of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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