A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.8472 East, latitude -8.4486 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 16:21:07 / August 19, 2018 @ 4:21 pm. Event id: us1000gddw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gddw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:21:07 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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