A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:18:47 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008w2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008w2m. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.4533° East, -1.3842° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 15:18:47 / May 29, 2017 @ 3:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 22 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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