A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Sengkang in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:58:59 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70008guk. Event ids that are associated: us70008guk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 21:58:59 / March 26, 2020 @ 9:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.65 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, depth 30.65 km, 120.0381° East, -4.0983° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watampone, Parepare, Sengkang. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Parepare (c. 140 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Watampone (c. 81 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Sengkang (c. 59 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NNE of Sengkang, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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