A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kalumpang in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 40.03 km, 119.4629° East, -2.3206° South. The temblor was picked up at 02:58:06 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100035vc. Event ids that are associated: us100035vc. Global time and date of event 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 18:58:06 / August 28, 2015 @ 6:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.03 km (25 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rantepao, Mamuju (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 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. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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