A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 154.788° East, latitude -5.8638° South, depth = 174.22 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/18 / 2018-03-18 04:22:52 / March 18, 2018 @ 4:22 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.22 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:22:52 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000d608. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d608. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 91 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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