A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 16:37:37 / August 19, 2018 @ 4:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.8545 East, latitude -8.405 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gde5. Id of event: us1000gde5. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:37:37 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Labuhanmapin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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