A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 72 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (45 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jbxs. Id of event: us2000jbxs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 08:33:53 / January 18, 2019 @ 8:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 148.4587° East, latitude -6.3224° South, depth = 47.47 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:33:53 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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