A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 120.1585° East, -1.4962° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 10:45:06 / March 3, 2019 @ 10:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000ja3i. Event ids that are associated: us1000ja3i. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:45:06 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palu, Poso (min 5000 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia.
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