A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (62 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.6665 East, latitude -2.8283 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 06:17:29 / June 21, 2018 @ 6:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f3ep. Unique identifier: us1000f3ep. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:17:29 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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