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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 21 km SSW of Palu, Indonesia

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Earthquake location -1.0799S, 119.7834WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Palu in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 31.094 km (19 miles). Event id: us6000qh48. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qh48. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 18:41:49 / May 31, 2025 @ 6:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.7834 East, latitude -1.0799 South, depth = 31.094 km. The temblor was detected at 18:41:49 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSW of Palu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.7834° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.0799° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.094 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSW of Palu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-31 18:41:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-31 19:22:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.953 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qh48 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qh48 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qh48, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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