A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mamasa in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 119.4642 East, latitude -2.8873 South, depth = 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:54 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i73d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i73d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 18:35:54 / November 5, 2018 @ 6:35 pm.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Majene, Palopo, Mamuju. Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 11 km ENE of Mamasa, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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