A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 120.129° East, latitude -1.298° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:12 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 19:22:12 / October 1, 2018 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000h57s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h57s.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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. 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: 53 km SSE of Palu, Indonesia.
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