A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:05:04 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3ry. Unique identifier: us1000h3ry. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 12:05:04 / September 28, 2018 @ 12:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 120.0904 East, latitude -0.4545 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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