A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 101 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (63 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 23:03:45 / April 18, 2018 @ 11:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 147.495° East, -2.9114° South, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:03:45 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000drbi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000drbi.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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