A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (76 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 223.19 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 18:06:37 / April 23, 2018 @ 6:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 223.19 km, 146.8781° East, -5.4922° South. The temblor was picked up at 04:06:37 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000dqty. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqty.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 123 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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