A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:52 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000h74h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h74h. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 20:02:52 / September 28, 2018 @ 8:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.4059° East, -1.4191° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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-two, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 27 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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