A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Waworada in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 118.6969 East, latitude -8.6873 South, depth = 113.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.54 km (71 miles). Event id: us1000e2ya. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e2ya. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 15:59:13 / May 7, 2018 @ 3:59 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:59:13 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SSE of Waworada, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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