A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:41:01 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000h74n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h74n. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1982 East, latitude -1.4165 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 20:41:01 / September 28, 2018 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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