A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Obelobel in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 15:04:03 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:04 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000giqe. Event ids that are associated: us1000giqe. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Obelobel in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:04:03 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 116.5804° East, latitude -8.2843° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karangasem, Sumbawa Besar, Mataram. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ESE of Obelobel, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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