A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 97 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (60 miles). 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 95.39 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000hgn5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hgn5. Exact location, longitude 155.6932° East, latitude -7.1698° South, depth = 95.39 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:10:04 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 19:10:04 / September 7, 2018 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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