A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 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). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20009j97. Event ids that are associated: us20009j97. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.3844° East, -1.2748° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 15:47:46 / May 29, 2017 @ 3:47 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:47:46 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Each 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 twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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