A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d311. Unique identifier: us1000d311. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.55 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 107.55 km, 155.0373° East, -6.2656° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/03/18 / 2018-03-11 08:18:24 / March 11, 2018 @ 8:18 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:18:24 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 49 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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