A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 17:26:01 / September 7, 2018 @ 5:26 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:26:01 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.7244 East, latitude -8.3025 South, depth = 5.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hgn3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgn3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.71 km (4 miles).
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 Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 9 km NNE of Sambelia, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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