A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 114 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.9 km (61 miles). Global time and date of event 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 02:59:44 / January 28, 2018 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyyh. Unique identifier: us2000cyyh. The temblor was reported at 12:59:44 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.8084 East, latitude -5.4458 South, depth = 98.9 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 114 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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