A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us1000egxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000egxr. The temblor was reported at 05:31:40 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 155.2548° East, latitude -6.6076° South, depth = 85.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 18:31:40 / June 1, 2018 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.33 km (53 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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