A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 05:52:57 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 116.7428° East, -8.3362° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/18 / 2018-10-23 21:52:57 / October 23, 2018 @ 9:52 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh49. Unique identifier: us1000hh49. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km NE of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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