A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 01:30:06 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.066 East, latitude -4.7667 South, depth = 93.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cre1. Id of event: us2000cre1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.97 km (58 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 15:30:06 / January 17, 2018 @ 3:30 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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