A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/19 / 2019-06-18 08:42:23 / June 18, 2019 @ 8:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.7421 East, latitude -8.3204 South, depth = 10.96 km. The temblor was reported at 16:42:23 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.96 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us600042bt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600042bt.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 8 km NE of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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