A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000hh14. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh14. Exact location of event, longitude 120.5071 East, latitude -1.3768 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 02:58:02 / October 21, 2018 @ 2:58 am. The temblor was reported at 10:58:02 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-five 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 17 km WNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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