A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 17:59:37 / January 23, 2019 @ 5:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.9148 East, latitude -8.4916 South, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000je5a. Unique identifier: us2000je5a. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:59:37 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km NW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia.
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