Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Banjar Wangsian in Indonesia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Banjar Wangsian in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 115.3556° East, latitude -8.4187° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/09/24 / 2024-09-20 23:26:16 / September 20, 2024 @ 11:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:26:16 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntee. Unique identifier: us6000ntee. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Denpasar (c. 405 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mataram (c. 318 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Singaraja (c. 133 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Banjar (c. 89 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tabanan (c. 33 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Negara (c. 33 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Karangasem (c. 31 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mataram, Negara, Seririt (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 11 km NW of Banjar Wangsian, Indonesia.

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