A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gis6. Id of event: us1000gis6. Exact location of earthquake, 116.8743° East, -8.4087° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 22:55:05 / August 19, 2018 @ 10:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:55:05 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km NNW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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