A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 117 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 23:18:50 / April 23, 2018 @ 11:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:18:50 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000dr0e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dr0e. Exact location of event, longitude 147.5587 East, latitude -3.0448 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 117 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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