A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 32 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (20 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/03/18 / 2018-03-11 13:39:11 / March 11, 2018 @ 1:39 pm. Event id: us1000d6hj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d6hj. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:39:11 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.46 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.2095 East, latitude -4.2301 South, depth = 33.46 km.
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 two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 32 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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