A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Simu in Indonesia. Event id: us10005fza. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005fza. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.08 km (70 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/16 / 2016-05-09 04:21:16 / May 9, 2016 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:21:16 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.5937 East, latitude -8.7493 South, depth = 113.08 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km SW of Simu, Indonesia.
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