A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:19:30 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 120.3696° East, latitude -0.8525° South, depth = 23.64 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007v56. Unique identifier: us10007v56. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.64 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 10:19:30 / January 24, 2017 @ 10:19 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby 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 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km E of Palu, Indonesia.
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