A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 14:16:04 / September 28, 2018 @ 2:16 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Exact location of event, longitude 120.1255 East, latitude -1.4336 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:16:04 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h47t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h47t.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu. The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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