A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sesaot Lauq in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 05:41:13 / November 17, 2018 @ 5:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.265 East, latitude -8.5648 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000ht49. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ht49. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:41:13 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 3 km SE of Sesaot Lauq, Indonesia.
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