A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003guy. Id of event: us20003guy. Exact location of event, longitude 120.9912 East, latitude -1.2322 South, depth = 39.74 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:20:09 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 00:20:09 / September 6, 2015 @ 12:20 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.74 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NE of Poso, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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