A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Poso in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.75 km (23 miles). Event id: us100042sn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042sn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.3933° East, latitude -0.9405° South, depth = 37.75 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 19:32:54 / December 2, 2015 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:32:54 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso.
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 eight 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: 87 km NE of Poso, Indonesia.
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