A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 05:43:35 / October 1, 2018 @ 5:43 am UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:43:35 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 119.6192° East, -0.0102° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h4vq. Unique identifier: us1000h4vq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Palu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km NNW of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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