A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Kampungbaru in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 20:22:25 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ixpa. Id of event: us2000ixpa. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 12:22:25 / December 26, 2018 @ 12:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.6398 East, latitude -8.4652 South, depth = 42.01 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.01 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NNW of Kampungbaru, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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