A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Friday. Global time and date of event 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 13:10:26 / September 28, 2018 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3s8. Unique identifier: us1000h3s8. Exact location of event, longitude 119.8019 East, latitude -0.0361 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:10:26 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 94 km N of Palu, Indonesia.
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