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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Palu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.8871S, 120.027WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. The temblor was reported at 18:16:49 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.027° East, -0.8871° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3rc. Id of event: us1000h3rc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 10:16:49 / September 28, 2018 @ 10:16 am.

Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km E of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.027° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8871° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km E 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 10:16:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-28 11:24:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.15 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 500 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 2.123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us1000h3rc Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3rc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h3rc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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