A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (109 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 08:18:10 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 22:18:10 / January 19, 2018 @ 10:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.275° East, -6.6592° South. Unique identifier: us1000cdm5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000cdm5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 175 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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