A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 47 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (29 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d1yw. Unique identifier: us2000d1yw. Exact location, longitude 153.4229° East, latitude -4.6542° South, depth = 60.18 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.18 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 08:42:48 / February 2, 2018 @ 8:42 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:42:48 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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