A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 03:18:42 / November 6, 2018 @ 3:18 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:18:42 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.21 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000i7a7. Event ids that are associated: us2000i7a7. Exact location of earthquake, 119.5135° East, -2.9371° South, depth 25.21 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Majene, Palopo, Mamuju (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km E of Mamasa, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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