A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 05:22:18 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60005lkp. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005lkp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.6675 East, latitude -8.3755 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/19 / 2019-09-20 21:22:18 / September 20, 2019 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 2 km W of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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