A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Utan in Indonesia on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgjg. Unique identifier: us2000hgjg. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 19:56:39 / September 5, 2018 @ 7:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.9885 East, latitude -8.2805 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:39 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby 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 Praya, Sumbawa Besar.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 21 km NW of Utan, Indonesia.
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