A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported Sumbawa region, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Sumbawa region, Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.24 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 118.5841° East, -9.1824° South, depth 108.24 km. Global time and date of event 27/08/18 / 2018-08-27 12:28:37 / August 27, 2018 @ 12:28 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000h8qr. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h8qr. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:28:37 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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