A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 120.3392 East, latitude -1.4238 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 14:44:27 / September 28, 2018 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h73m. Id of event: us1000h73m. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:44:27 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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-one, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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