A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Event id: us2000hdgr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hdgr. 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 61.4 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:44:40 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/09/18 / 2018-09-04 19:44:40 / September 4, 2018 @ 7:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 155.4239° East, latitude -6.8735° South, depth = 61.4 km.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 61 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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