A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 15:15:58 / August 20, 2018 @ 3:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.8824 East, latitude -8.3961 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000gjga. Event ids that are associated: us1000gjga. The temblor was detected at 23:15:58 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 15 km NNW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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