A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Event id: us2000fyzg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyzg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.7384° East, -6.5261° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 08:18:38 / July 7, 2018 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:18:38 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 85 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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