A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cye7. Id of event: us2000cye7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.72 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:59:47 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 20:59:47 / February 7, 2018 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 144.5697° East, latitude -4.9275° South, depth = 49.72 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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