A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Utan in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 08:58:41 / August 22, 2019 @ 8:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:58:41 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700056yx. Unique identifier: us700056yx. Exact location of earthquake, 117.16° East, -8.009° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km N of Utan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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