A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:34:05 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.4 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000a8ek. Event ids that are associated: us2000a8ek. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 120.6648 East, latitude -1.3716 South, depth = 39.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/17 / 2017-08-10 15:34:05 / August 10, 2017 @ 3:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso. Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-six 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.
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