A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:53:17 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d96k. Event ids that are associated: us2000d96k. Exact location, longitude 120.218° East, latitude -1.431° South, depth = 37.68 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 15:53:17 / February 28, 2018 @ 3:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.68 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 48 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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