A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Sinjai in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:40:33 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h8cm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h8cm. Exact location, longitude 120.6202° East, latitude -5.6435° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 06:40:33 / October 7, 2018 @ 6:40 am.
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Sinjai (c. 40 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sinjai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km SE of Sinjai, Indonesia.
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