A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 112 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 154.466° East, -6.2801° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/15 / 2015-06-30 11:57:37 / June 30, 2015 @ 11:57 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10002mjt. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002mjt. The temblor was reported at 21:57:37 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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