A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Labuhanmapin in Indonesia on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 02:36:32 / August 22, 2018 @ 2:36 am. Exact location of event, longitude 116.8822 East, latitude -8.3406 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:36:32 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h60i. Id of event: us2000h60i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Praya, Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km NNW of Labuhanmapin, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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