A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 120.2729° East, -1.5339° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:21:24 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000h74d. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h74d. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 19:21:24 / September 28, 2018 @ 7:21 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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