A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 118 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:26:16 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 146.847 East, latitude -5.4208 South, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ylh. Id of event: us70008ylh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 01:26:16 / April 12, 2020 @ 1:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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