A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 13:28:51 / September 28, 2018 @ 1:28 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:28:51 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000h74a. Event ids that are associated: us1000h74a. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.0054 East, latitude -1.1697 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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