A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 202 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (126 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 00:23:03 / October 8, 2018 @ 12:23 am. Unique identifier: us1000hb59. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hb59. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.0481 East, latitude -3.3855 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:23:03 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, 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 nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 202 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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