A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Nusa Dua in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 14:09:09 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.22 km (50 miles). Unique identifier: us7000ddy6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ddy6. Global time and date of event 23/02/21 / 2021-02-23 14:09:09 / February 23, 2021 @ 2:09 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, 115.5374° East, -9.3972° South, depth 80.22 km.
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 Klungkung, Denpasar, Kuta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kuta (c. 30 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three 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. 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: 73 km SSE of Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
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