A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (65 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g4lp. Unique identifier: us1000g4lp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 02:47:39 / August 7, 2018 @ 2:47 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:47:39 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.23 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13.23 km, 147.7678° East, -2.8365° South. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 105 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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