A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 149 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (93 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 14:27:02 / February 12, 2018 @ 2:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d6f1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d6f1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.29 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 154.3564 East, latitude -4.7166 South, depth = 187.29 km. The temblor was detected at 00:27:02 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 149 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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