A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000h7gt. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7gt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:27:21 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 00:27:21 / September 29, 2018 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.1201 East, latitude -1.2178 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km SE of Palu, Indonesia.
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