A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 03:55:05 / November 15, 2018 @ 3:55 am. The temblor was detected at 11:55:05 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.69 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.4687 East, latitude -2.8535 South, depth = 28.69 km. Event id: us1000hs0x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hs0x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Majene, Palopo, Mamuju (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NE of Mamasa, Indonesia.
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