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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 11 km NNW of Pemenang, Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.3139S, 116.0539WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pemenang in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:35:22 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 12:35:22 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5t9. Unique identifier: us1000g5t9. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 116.0539° East, -8.3139° South.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ubud, Klungkung, Karangasem. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km NNW of Pemenang, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 116.0539° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3139° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NNW of Pemenang, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-05 12:35:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-10 10:13:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000g5t9 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g5t9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g5t9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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