A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.53 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 120.6115° East, -1.3091° South, depth 23.53 km. The temblor was reported at 06:33:53 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 22:33:53 / February 14, 2018 @ 10:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d2df. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d2df.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 13 km NNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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