A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 117.829° East, -8.0727° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:25:18 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 18:25:18 / July 11, 2024 @ 6:25 pm. Unique identifier: us7000n0bz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0bz.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 53 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia.
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