A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 154.7495° East, -5.9598° South, depth 166.94 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.94 km (104 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:07:52 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000h7bz. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7bz. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 23:07:52 / October 4, 2018 @ 11:07 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 90 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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