A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Karanggedang in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 116.4254° East, -8.1311° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us2000hbu5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hbu5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 08:49:17 / September 10, 2018 @ 8:49 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:49:17 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 10 km NNE of Karanggedang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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