A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 95.4 km, 147.3428° East, -6.0345° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.4 km (59 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 07:26:56 / February 18, 2018 @ 7:26 am. The temblor was reported at 17:26:56 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d43u. Unique identifier: us2000d43u.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 85 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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