A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 120.2097° East, -1.7° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000h74i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h74i. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:25:27 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 20:25:27 / September 28, 2018 @ 8:25 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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