A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 117.6909° East, latitude -8.1835° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us600042if. Event ids that are associated: us600042if. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/19 / 2019-06-12 06:46:57 / June 12, 2019 @ 6:46 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:46:57 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km WSW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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