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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 32 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia


Earthquake location -0.6325S, 120.003WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 08:28:08 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.003° East, -0.6325° South, depth 41.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.24 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: us20003hnx. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003hnx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 00:28:08 / September 9, 2015 @ 12:28 am.

The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.003° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.6325° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-09 00:28:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-10 00:19:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 234 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.899 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20003hnx Id of event.
Event Code 20003hnx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003hnx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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