A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 121 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 16:12:32 / January 18, 2018 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000crrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000crrn. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 154.3989° East, -6.1737° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:12:32 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 121 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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