A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.674 East, latitude -8.3484 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 21:50:10 / August 19, 2018 @ 9:50 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:50:10 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sambelia in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000gdj4. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdj4.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km NNW of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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