A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 120.5539° East, -1.3078° South, depth 49.55 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/17 / 2017-06-11 19:54:32 / June 11, 2017 @ 7:54 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:54:32 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20009n0w. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009n0w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.55 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 16 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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