A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 104 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (65 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.53 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 16:41:28 / February 12, 2018 @ 4:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.1539 East, latitude -5.6989 South, depth = 26.53 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d6f3. Event ids that are associated: us2000d6f3. The temblor was picked up at 02:41:28 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 104 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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