A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sumbawa Besar in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 12:12:25 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.6 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000aes9. Unique identifier: us6000aes9. Exact location of event, depth 44.6 km, 117.9054° East, -8.9982° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 12:12:25 / June 13, 2020 @ 12:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 77 km SE of Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia.
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