A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 14:30:25 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/06/17 / 2017-06-25 06:30:25 / June 25, 2017 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.6264 East, latitude -1.3066 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us20009pla. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009pla. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 13 km NNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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