A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 184 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (114 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.53 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 145.9648 East, latitude -3.0492 South, depth = 25.53 km. The temblor was reported at 20:38:23 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpqt. Unique identifier: us2000cpqt. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 10:38:23 / January 26, 2018 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 184 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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