A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Montongkemong in Indonesia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:00:13 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 116.5212° East, -8.4712° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 01:00:13 / November 6, 2018 @ 1:00 am. Event id: us2000i79h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i79h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop). 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.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WNW of Montongkemong, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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