A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 02:16:18 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.767 East, latitude -8.282 South, depth = 17.953 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.953 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pp5t. Id of event: us7000pp5t. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 02:16:18 / April 1, 2025 @ 2:16 am.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km ENE of Pototano, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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