A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Dompu in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 173.73 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/20 / 2020-05-20 20:46:47 / May 20, 2020 @ 8:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:46:47 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 118.3273° East, latitude -8.2348° South, depth = 173.73 km. Event id: us6000a0zl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a0zl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima. Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 36 km NNW of Dompu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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