A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us20009j98. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009j98. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 15:25:22 / May 29, 2017 @ 3:25 pm. Exact location of event, depth 11.62 km, 120.3492° East, -1.2539° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:25:22 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.62 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km WNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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