A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 119 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:32:55 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 154.5746° East, latitude -6.8985° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hdcs. Unique identifier: us1000hdcs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/18 / 2018-10-11 19:32:55 / October 11, 2018 @ 7:32 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 119 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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