A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 119.9617° East, -0.2606° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 07:50:43 / September 28, 2018 @ 7:50 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000h727. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h727. The temblor was reported at 15:50:43 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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