A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 120.4566° East, latitude -0.9599° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/16 / 2016-09-28 21:07:47 / September 28, 2016 @ 9:07 pm. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:07:47 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dgr. Id of event: us20007dgr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso. 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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 55 km NNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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