A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.5252 East, latitude -1.3878 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000h90a. Event ids that are associated: us1000h90a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 21:59:54 / October 8, 2018 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:59:54 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km WNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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