A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kasiguncu in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 14:50:52 / March 25, 2019 @ 2:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 120.1454° East, -1.4321° South, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000k96j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k96j. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:50:52 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km W of Kasiguncu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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