A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Npongge in Indonesia on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000858g. Id of event: us6000858g. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 141.19 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:28:47 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/02/20 / 2020-02-27 13:28:47 / February 27, 2020 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.2768 East, latitude -8.6545 South, depth = 141.19 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Bima.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km S of Npongge, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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