A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/16 / 2016-09-15 03:28:55 / September 15, 2016 @ 3:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006pz8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006pz8. Exact location, longitude 120.5394° East, latitude -0.891° South, depth = 30.35 km. The temblor was detected at 11:28:55 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.35 km (19 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km NNW of Poso, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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