A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Global time and date of event 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 16:11:02 / June 5, 2016 @ 4:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.3398° East, -0.8805° South, depth 31.29 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000626l. Id of event: us2000626l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.29 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:11:02 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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