A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Sembalunlawang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:32:08 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 00:32:08 / March 18, 2019 @ 12:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.35 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.5245 East, latitude -8.3426 South, depth = 34.35 km. Unique identifier: us1000jluv. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jluv.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km NNW of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia.
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