A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 23:05:45 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 154.7274 East, latitude -6.3758 South, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 13:05:45 / January 23, 2018 @ 1:05 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000ceek. Event ids that are associated: us1000ceek.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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