A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:33:36 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 120.4878 East, latitude -1.2441 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 21:33:36 / November 2, 2018 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i66d. Unique identifier: us2000i66d.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 27 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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