A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Poso in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.34 km (26 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:48 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.34 km, 120.8379° East, -0.9456° South. Id of earthquake: us70008iyl. Event ids that are associated: us70008iyl. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/20 / 2020-03-25 19:29:48 / March 25, 2020 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 50 km N of Poso, Indonesia.
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