A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lokokrangan in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 116.2953 East, latitude -8.2215 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 18:32:58 / August 6, 2018 @ 6:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000g6cd. Event ids that are associated: us1000g6cd. The temblor was reported at 02:32:58 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km NE of Lokokrangan, Indonesia.
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