A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:28:13 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3uz. Id of event: us1000h3uz. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 15:28:13 / September 28, 2018 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 119.9347 East, latitude -0.6983 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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