A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.8348 East, latitude -0.1422 South, depth = 13.96 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.96 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 17:16:21 / September 28, 2018 @ 5:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:16:21 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h74l. Id of event: us1000h74l.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km N of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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