A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 132 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (82 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 147.3763 East, latitude -5.5088 South, depth = 179.78 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:06:09 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 179.78 km (112 miles). Global time and date of event 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 14:06:09 / May 1, 2018 @ 2:06 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000dvbj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvbj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 132 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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