A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location, longitude 119.7784° East, latitude -0.724° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 13:23:43 / September 28, 2018 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000h73a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h73a. The temblor was detected at 21:23:43 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNW of Palu, Indonesia.
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