A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.5806° East, -1.2688° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 03:04:47 / November 2, 2018 @ 3:04 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was picked up at 11:04:47 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000i5qq. Event ids that are associated: us2000i5qq.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km NNW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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