A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 13:42:02 / October 19, 2018 @ 1:42 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hee8. Unique identifier: us1000hee8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 144.127° East, latitude -4.6799° South, depth = 87.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.49 km (54 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:02 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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