A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 119.807 East, latitude -1.2946 South, depth = 40.78 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.78 km (25 miles). Unique identifier: us2000ixis. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ixis. The temblor was detected at 04:36:13 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 20:36:13 / December 25, 2018 @ 8:36 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 45 km S of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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