A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Loloan in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 05:53:52 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.4407 East, latitude -8.2622 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gjgy. Unique identifier: us1000gjgy. 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: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 21:53:52 / August 20, 2018 @ 9:53 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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