A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 191 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (119 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hh38. Id of event: us1000hh38. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 153.7547° East, latitude -6.2183° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:26:07 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 13:26:07 / October 22, 2018 @ 1:26 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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