A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Akarakar in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 18:36:55 / August 6, 2018 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 116.3357° East, -8.2366° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000g6cc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g6cc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:55 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km SSW of Akarakar, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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