A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 21:45:52 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 120.688 East, latitude -1.254 South, depth = 38.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.9 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ceau. Id of event: us1000ceau. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/18 / 2018-01-22 13:45:52 / January 22, 2018 @ 1:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). 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 Poso.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 17 km NNW of Poso, Indonesia.
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