A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Lekong in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:21:54 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 116.9682° East, -8.5258° South, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdii. Unique identifier: us1000gdii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 21:21:54 / August 19, 2018 @ 9:21 pm.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 1 km NNE of Lekong, Indonesia.
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