A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 120.0546° East, -1.3695° South, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:24:02 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h7h2. Id of event: us1000h7h2. Global time and date of event 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 05:24:02 / September 29, 2018 @ 5:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km SSE of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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