A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 39 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (24 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:35:33 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 153.1836 East, latitude -4.7923 South, depth = 66.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e2zd. Id of event: us1000e2zd. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 13:35:33 / May 8, 2018 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.57 km (41 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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