A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 119.4081° East, latitude -2.9468° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:14:24 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 22:14:24 / November 3, 2018 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i6ip. Id of event: us2000i6ip.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palopo, Majene, Mamuju (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km E of Mamasa, Indonesia.
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