A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 15:04:31 / May 29, 2017 @ 3:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:31 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008w2j. Id of event: us10008w2j. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kasiguncu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.5528 East, latitude -1.3219 South, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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