A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 12:59:26 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kasiguncu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h5hb. Unique identifier: us1000h5hb. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 04:59:26 / October 2, 2018 @ 4:59 am. Exact location of event, longitude 120.2339 East, latitude -1.5951 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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