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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Prawira in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.23S, 115.9935WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Prawira in Indonesia on Monday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:41:11 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000g5u6. Event ids that are associated: us1000g5u6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 115.9935° East, -8.23° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 18:41:11 / August 5, 2018 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ubud, Klungkung, Praya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 22 km NW of Prawira, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.9935° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.23° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NW of Prawira, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-05 18:41:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-25 20:28:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.837 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000g5u6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g5u6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g5u6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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