A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Palu in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.492 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:53:16 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qtdt. Event ids that are associated: us7000qtdt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.3326° East, latitude -0.9629° South, depth = 40.492 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/25 / 2025-09-02 23:53:16 / September 2, 2025 @ 11:53 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso, Palu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 51 km E of Palu, Indonesia.
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