A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. The temblor was reported at 17:57:38 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h3q6. Event ids that are associated: us1000h3q6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 09:57:38 / September 28, 2018 @ 9:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 119.938 East, latitude -0.2621 South, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km N of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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