A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:54:03 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.9487 East, latitude -8.4622 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 03:54:03 / August 26, 2018 @ 3:54 am. Id of earthquake: us1000ghfk. Event ids that are associated: us1000ghfk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km N of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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