A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Lokokrangan in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g6ch. Unique identifier: us1000g6ch. The temblor was detected at 04:28:27 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.1691 East, latitude -8.2496 South, depth = 39.11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.11 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 20:28:27 / August 6, 2018 @ 8:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 9 km W of Lokokrangan, Indonesia.
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