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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Palu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.2058S, 120.0127WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 07:03:18 / September 28, 2018 @ 7:03 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.0127 East, latitude -0.2058 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000h3n0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3n0. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:18 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.0127° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.2058° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-28 07:03:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-28 07:47:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000h3n0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3n0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h3n0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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