A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sambelia in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000ivuc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivuc. Exact location, longitude 116.774° East, latitude -8.3285° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:43:55 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 10:43:55 / December 21, 2018 @ 10:43 am.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Sumbawa Besar, Praya. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km ENE of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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