A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000g5tl. Event ids that are associated: us1000g5tl. Exact location of earthquake, 116.6246° East, -8.3969° South, depth 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:21:45 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 15:21:45 / August 5, 2018 @ 3:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 7 km WSW of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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