A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 13:16:17 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.072° East, -1.3261° South, depth 31.99 km. Event id: us2000k72g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k72g. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 05:16:17 / March 21, 2019 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.99 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km SSE of Palu, Indonesia.
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