A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 104 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (65 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.7 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 16:05:29 / April 16, 2018 @ 4:05 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:05:29 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000dpb5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dpb5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.8284 East, latitude -2.7819 South, depth = 32.7 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 104 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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