A major earthquake with magnitude 7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Loloan in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 116.4574 East, latitude -8.2679 South, depth = 10.48 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Loloan in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3ub. Id of event: us1000g3ub. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 11:46:34 / August 5, 2018 @ 11:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.48 km (7 miles). The 7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:46:34 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 143 km (89 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 134 km (83 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Denpasar, Ubud, Klungkung (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.
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