A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 50 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (31 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:44:46 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 108.14 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.8619 East, latitude -4.4751 South, depth = 108.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000cyyd. Event ids that are associated: us2000cyyd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 23:44:46 / January 28, 2018 @ 11:44 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 50 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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