A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 116.9021° East, latitude -8.3704° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000giqr. Unique identifier: us1000giqr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 15:39:50 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:50 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NNW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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