A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Karangsubagan in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000h9ik. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h9ik. Exact location, longitude 115.9747° East, latitude -8.3596° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 23:10:31 / August 29, 2018 @ 11:10 pm. The temblor was reported at 07:10:31 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (56 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Denpasar, Ubud, Klungkung.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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 WNW of Karangsubagan, Indonesia.
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