A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Sambelia in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us1000h3qm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3qm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/18 / 2018-09-22 17:43:22 / September 22, 2018 @ 5:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 116.7731 East, latitude -8.3132 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:43:22 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mataram, Sumbawa Besar, Praya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km NE of Sambelia, Indonesia.
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