A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 km WNW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (39 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 105.16 km, 142.2949° East, -4.0693° South. The temblor was picked up at 22:26:25 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 12:26:25 / July 18, 2015 @ 12:26 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000307q. Id of event: us1000307q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.16 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km WNW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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