A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (70 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us1000g4lu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g4lu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 02:58:19 / August 7, 2018 @ 2:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:58:19 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.7218 East, latitude -2.9423 South, depth = 10 km.
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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