A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Pendolo in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 120.2473° East, latitude -1.7787° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:17:50 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h43j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h43j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 22:17:50 / September 28, 2018 @ 10:17 pm.
The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km NW of Pendolo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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