A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Karanggedang in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 116.3692° East, -8.247° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 10:31:32 / August 20, 2018 @ 10:31 am. The temblor was reported at 18:31:32 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000gdu7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdu7.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Praya, Mataram (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 4 km SW of Karanggedang, Indonesia.
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