A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 14:53:42 / May 29, 2017 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10008w2e. Event ids that are associated: us10008w2e. Exact location, longitude 120.535° East, latitude -1.3273° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:53:42 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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