A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 143 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (89 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:09 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xdi. Unique identifier: us20002xdi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 12:34:09 / July 14, 2015 @ 12:34 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 154.5731° East, -7.2339° South, depth 35 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 143 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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