The Palu City area, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia was shakes by a tectonic earthquake on Monday (30/5/2022) at 00:16 AM Central Indonesia Time.

The Palu Geophysics Station reported the results of the BMKG analysis showing initial information that this earthquake had a magnitude of 3.4.

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The epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 0.84 South Latitude – 119.94 East Longitude or precisely located on land, 10 kilometers east of Palu City with a depth of 6 km.

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By observing the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, it appears that this earthquake is classified as shallow due to local fault activity.

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There is no further information on how the MMI scale of this earthquake was felt throughout the city of Palu. The Members of WhatsApp group, Disaster Forum Central Sulawesi, reported feeling a strong shock. ***