A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:06:56 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 119.967 East, latitude -1.0381 South, depth = 13.89 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 21:06:56 / October 2, 2018 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.89 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000h5x5. Event ids that are associated: us1000h5x5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 19 km SSE of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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