A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:45:31 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 154.8375 East, latitude -5.9755 South, depth = 169.75 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hgqd. Id of event: us2000hgqd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 169.75 km (105 miles). Global time and date of event 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 14:45:31 / September 9, 2018 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 80 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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