A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us200062sm. Unique identifier: us200062sm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:11:04 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.0991 East, latitude -0.6261 South, depth = 53 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 22:11:04 / June 2, 2016 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NE of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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