A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Karangsubagan in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 10:37:13 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 116.0718° East, -8.4195° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/08/18 / 2018-08-31 02:37:13 / August 31, 2018 @ 2:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000h5ut. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000h5ut. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Denpasar, Ubud, Klungkung (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (61 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ubud (c. 28 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Klungkung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Karangsubagan, Indonesia.
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