A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:52 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 14:10:52 / February 29, 2016 @ 2:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 120.4845° East, -1.5194° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us10004uff. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uff.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso.
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 have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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