A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Lorengau in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 11:04:39 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3255 East, latitude -2.9099 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000g6q7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g6q7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/18 / 2018-08-11 01:04:39 / August 11, 2018 @ 1:04 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Lorengau (c. 5 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lorengau.
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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 98 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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