A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 130 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.3059° East, -6.2669° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000cefe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cefe. The temblor was picked up at 08:26:28 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 22:26:28 / January 23, 2018 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 130 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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