A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 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 occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 16:40:04 / September 28, 2018 @ 4:40 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:40:04 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h740. Event ids that are associated: us1000h740. Exact location of event, longitude 119.7171 East, latitude -0.2384 South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 74 km NNW of Palu, Indonesia.
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