A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 119.8577° East, latitude -0.4167° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 17:10:45 / September 28, 2018 @ 5:10 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:10:45 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000h742. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h742.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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: 52 km N of Palu, Indonesia.
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