A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 14:26:19 / September 29, 2018 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:26:19 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h7ht. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7ht. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 120.1743 East, latitude -1.5691 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
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 fourty-eight, in the last 10 days sixty-two, 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 in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km WSW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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