A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (105 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 09:51:26 / July 5, 2015 @ 9:51 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:51:26 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002zhj. Unique identifier: us20002zhj. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.6959° East, -5.965° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 169 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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