A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Bima in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 18:16:21 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a026. Unique identifier: us6000a026. Global time and date of event 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 18:16:21 / May 19, 2020 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.39 km (70 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 118.9219° East, -8.8599° South, depth 113.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 49 km SSE of Bima, Indonesia.
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