A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 128 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 01:24:54 / May 5, 2018 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:24:54 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 154.5644° East, -5.5745° South, depth 92.56 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e2u4. Id of event: us1000e2u4. 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 92.56 km (58 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 128 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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