A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.073 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd4r. Unique identifier: us7000nd4r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.2288 East, latitude -8.0469 South, depth = 11.073 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:01:52 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 18:01:52 / September 11, 2024 @ 6:01 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km NW of Pototano, Indonesia.
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