A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 160 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (99 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:13:36 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fqce. Unique identifier: us2000fqce. Exact location of event, longitude 149.5343 East, latitude -3.2747 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 22:13:36 / June 23, 2018 @ 10:13 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 160 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply