A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pisangkemeng in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 09:53:58 / December 10, 2018 @ 9:53 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.41 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:53:58 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000i5jz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i5jz. Exact location of event, depth 104.41 km, 117.7761° East, -8.9699° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km S of Pisangkemeng, Indonesia.
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