A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h729. Unique identifier: us1000h729. Exact location of earthquake, 119.8282° East, -0.3928° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 08:00:28 / September 28, 2018 @ 8:00 am. The temblor was reported at 16:00:28 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km N of Palu, Indonesia.
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