A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Montongkemong in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 04:45:33 / August 19, 2018 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000gip0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gip0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:45:33 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 116.5871° East, -8.4443° South, depth 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NE of Montongkemong, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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