A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:58 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 14:29:58 / September 8, 2018 @ 2:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.8133° East, -8.2619° South. 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: us2000hgp1. Id of event: us2000hgp1.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, 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 fifteen, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km NE of Sambelia, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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