A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h744. Id of event: us1000h744. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 14:10:49 / September 28, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 120.5045 East, latitude -0.7567 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:49 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km ENE of Palu, Indonesia.
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