A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 104 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (65 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 01:32:22 / February 4, 2018 @ 1:32 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 99.29 km (62 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:32:22 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.7479 East, latitude -4.7121 South, depth = 99.29 km. Event id: us1000cfiq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cfiq.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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