A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ghbd. Id of event: us1000ghbd. A tsunami warning has been issued near Labuhanmapin in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 116.9265° East, latitude -8.3719° South, depth = 10.15 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:33:16 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 18:33:16 / August 25, 2018 @ 6:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.15 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km N of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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