A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (37 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 19:32:40 / May 11, 2018 @ 7:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 153.4301 East, latitude -4.842 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 05:32:40 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e6kj. Unique identifier: us1000e6kj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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