A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 03:50:27 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000buyu. Event ids that are associated: us2000buyu. Exact location, longitude 120.3768° East, latitude -1.0628° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 19:50:27 / November 18, 2017 @ 7:50 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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