A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 119.3677° East, -2.926° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/18 / 2018-11-14 23:31:25 / November 14, 2018 @ 11:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hryd. Id of event: us1000hryd. The temblor was picked up at 07:31:25 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palopo, Majene, Mamuju. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 2 km NNW of Mamasa, Indonesia.
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