A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 114 km NE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:24 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hrqj. Id of event: us1000hrqj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.08 km (65 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/18 / 2018-11-07 18:31:24 / November 7, 2018 @ 6:31 pm. Exact location, longitude 148.5115° East, latitude -5.7946° South, depth = 105.08 km. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 114 km NE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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