A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Monday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:23:23 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 116.896° East, -8.4028° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us1000gdf0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gdf0. A tsunami warning has been issued near Labuhanmapin in Indonesia (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 18:23:23 / August 19, 2018 @ 6:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km NNW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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