A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008w1z. Unique identifier: us10008w1z. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 14:35:20 / May 29, 2017 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.42 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kasiguncu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:35:20 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.42 km, 120.4779° East, -1.2646° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km NW of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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