A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 123 km SSE of Poso, Indonesia (76 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.2929 East, latitude -2.3744 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b65g. Id of event: us6000b65g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/20 / 2020-07-23 15:03:01 / July 23, 2020 @ 3:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:01 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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: 123 km SSE of Poso, Indonesia.
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