A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 08:18:59 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 119.945° East, -0.6711° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 00:18:59 / September 29, 2018 @ 12:18 am. Event id: us1000h7h0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h7h0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (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 sixty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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