A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h44u. Unique identifier: us1000h44u. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:32:50 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.0516° East, -1.5727° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 02:32:50 / September 29, 2018 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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