A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 60 km ESE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (37 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 02:42:01 / July 8, 2018 @ 2:42 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:42:01 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.3271° East, latitude -4.4975° South, depth = 112.06 km. Unique identifier: us2000g420. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g420. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 112.06 km (70 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km ESE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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