A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 195 km NNE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (121 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.72 km, 146.3701° East, -3.5495° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gbvl. Id of event: us2000gbvl. The temblor was reported at 11:20:18 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 01:20:18 / July 18, 2018 @ 1:20 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.72 km (23 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 195 km NNE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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