A 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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