Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 37 km south of Palu, Sulawesi Centrale, Indonesia, on Thursday, 18 Feb 2021 4:45 am (GMT +8) -

Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 37 km south of Palu, Sulawesi Centrale, Indonesia, on Thursday, 18 Feb 2021 4:45 am (GMT +8)

Light magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

17 Feb 20:51 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.
17 Feb 21:05: Now using data updates from BMKG
18 Feb 04:50: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.6. Epicenter location corrected by 1.1 km (0.7 mi) towards N.
Date & time: 17 Feb 2021 20:45:11 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 18 Feb 2021 4:45 am (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 3.6
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.23°S / 119.8°E (Sulawesi Centrale, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Una Una (234 km / 145 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
37 km (23 mi) SSW of Palu (Central Sulawesi) (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
107 km (67 mi) W of Poso (Central Sulawesi) (pop: 47,100) --> See nearby quakes!
191 km (118 mi) NNE of Mamuju (West Sulawesi) (pop: 15,000) --> See nearby quakes!
194 km (120 mi) N of Rantepao (South Sulawesi) (pop: 40,400) --> See nearby quakes!
201 km (125 mi) NNW of Palopo (South Sulawesi) (pop: 129,300) --> See nearby quakes!
250 km (155 mi) N of Polewali (West Sulawesi) (pop: 58,200) --> See nearby quakes!
273 km (170 mi) NNE of Majene (West Sulawesi) (pop: 37,700) --> See nearby quakes!
299 km (186 mi) ESE of Bontang (East Kalimantan) (pop: 101,700) --> See nearby quakes!
323 km (201 mi) E of City of Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) (pop: 700,000) --> See nearby quakes!
330 km (205 mi) E of Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) (pop: 433,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Moderate Rain 15.3°C (59 F), humidity: 100%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from SSE
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
3.610 kmSulawesi, IndonesiaBMKG
3.510 kmSULAWESI, INDONESIAEMSC

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