A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:54:26 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.9477 East, latitude -0.1015 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 09:54:26 / September 29, 2018 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000h7h9. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7h9.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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: 87 km N of Palu, Indonesia.
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