A earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Belanting in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Belanting in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 116.6264 East, latitude -8.3461 South, depth = 20.31 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 14:56:27 / August 19, 2018 @ 2:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.31 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gda5. Unique identifier: us1000gda5. The temblor was reported at 22:56:27 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 136 km (85 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Klungkung, Karangasem, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 4 km S of Belanting, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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