A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 101 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (63 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.83 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 150.3254° East, latitude -6.6993° South, depth = 50.83 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d09v. Unique identifier: us2000d09v. The temblor was reported at 01:27:32 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 15:27:32 / February 10, 2018 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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