A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 130 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.0713° East, latitude -6.282° South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 19:43:43 / October 15, 2018 @ 7:43 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:43:43 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hef6. Id of event: us1000hef6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 130 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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