A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 120.3357° East, -1.4111° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 11:10:21 / October 3, 2018 @ 11:10 am. Unique identifier: us1000ha0f. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ha0f. The temblor was detected at 19:10:21 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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