A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 119.3564° East, latitude -2.9194° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000e9sp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e9sp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/18 / 2018-05-17 16:29:56 / May 17, 2018 @ 4:29 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:29:56 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 Palopo, Majene, Rantepao. Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NW of Mamasa, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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