A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.44 km (32 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:41:08 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.8022 East, latitude -6.3265 South, depth = 51.44 km. Unique identifier: us1000hvw5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvw5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 11:41:08 / November 18, 2018 @ 11:41 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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