A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 123 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002n8x. Id of event: us10002n8x. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:29:15 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 155.2812° East, latitude -7.4188° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/06/15 / 2015-06-19 01:29:15 / June 19, 2015 @ 1:29 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 123 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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