A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Sepang in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 03:52:12 / May 27, 2020 @ 3:52 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:52:12 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 114.9099 East, latitude -8.3053 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60009zsk. Ids that are associated to the event: us60009zsk.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gambiran Satu, Genteng, Karangasem. The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Banyuwangi (c. 108 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Genteng (c. 79 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Muncar (c. 64 500 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 0 km WNW of Sepang, Indonesia.
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