A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 18.83 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/18 / 2018-11-14 21:20:40 / November 14, 2018 @ 9:20 pm. Event id: us1000hv33. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hv33. Exact location, longitude 119.427° East, latitude -2.9551° South, depth = 18.83 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:20:40 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palopo, Majene, Mamuju. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km ESE of Mamasa, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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