A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.1725 East, latitude -1.2767 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000h4pb. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4pb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 15:01:27 / September 30, 2018 @ 3:01 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:01:27 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 54 km SE of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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