A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 05:28:54 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000d2c0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d2c0. Exact location of event, longitude 120.6135 East, latitude -1.2731 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 21:28:54 / February 14, 2018 @ 9:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 17 km NNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply