A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 63 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (39 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d73w. Id of event: us1000d73w. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/18 / 2018-03-12 00:00:35 / March 12, 2018 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.89 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.3596 East, latitude -3.9915 South, depth = 26.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:00:35 / 10:00 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 three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km NE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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