A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 15:21:41 / September 28, 2018 @ 3:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:21:41 / 11:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 119.7571° East, -0.0711° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h75r. Id of event: us1000h75r.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 91 km N of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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