A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 23:04:14 / April 18, 2018 @ 11:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 147.6541 East, latitude -2.9464 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000drbl. Event ids that are associated: us1000drbl. The temblor was picked up at 09:04:14 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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