A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Banjar Sidayu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 10:07:57 / June 11, 2016 @ 10:07 am. The temblor was detected at 18:07:57 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 221.31 km (138 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063sx. Id of event: us200063sx. Exact location of earthquake, 115.1289° East, -7.9506° South, depth 221.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banyuwangi, Kuta, Wongsorejo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Banyuwangi (c. 108 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km N of Banjar Sidayu, Indonesia.
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