A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 244 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (152 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:10:41 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cif7. Unique identifier: us1000cif7. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 23:10:41 / January 26, 2018 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 147.7453° East, latitude -4.1949° South, depth = 31.32 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.32 km (19 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 244 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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