A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1596 East, latitude -1.3498 South, depth = 29.93 km. Unique identifier: us700034fi. Ids that are associated to the event: us700034fi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:31:41 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.93 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 16:31:41 / April 2, 2019 @ 4:31 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 55 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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