A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 120.1204° East, latitude -1.5199° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:15:39 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 19:15:39 / September 29, 2018 @ 7:15 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000h4dg. Event ids that are associated: us1000h4dg.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 60 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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