A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h54q. Unique identifier: us1000h54q. Global time and date of event 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 16:40:20 / September 25, 2018 @ 4:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:20 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 80.15 km, 154.9415° East, -6.5727° South. 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 80.15 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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