A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Sesaot Lauq in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: us1000g5ts. Unique identifier: us1000g5ts. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 18:47:18 / August 5, 2018 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:47:18 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.2452° East, -8.5038° South.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Praya (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 4 km N of Sesaot Lauq, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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