A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 07:30:21 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 23:30:21 / September 23, 2018 @ 11:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 116.7305° East, -8.3329° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000h3ue. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3ue.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km NE of Sambelia, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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