A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 21:25:14 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 13:25:14 / August 20, 2018 @ 1:25 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdwn. Unique identifier: us1000gdwn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 116.8477° East, latitude -8.4468° South, depth = 11.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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