A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 208 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (129 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 18:56:03 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000e260. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e260. Global time and date of event 12/04/18 / 2018-04-12 08:56:03 / April 12, 2018 @ 8:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 152.5937° East, -6.3037° South, depth 12.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 208 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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