A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us1000c20s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c20s. Global time and date of event 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 14:41:56 / January 8, 2018 @ 2:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:41:56 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.1767° East, -4.1917° South.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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