A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 113 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:10:26 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000cm6e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cm6e. Exact location of earthquake, 154.8489° East, -7.1245° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/18 / 2018-01-21 19:10:26 / January 21, 2018 @ 7:10 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 113 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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