A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 167 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (104 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.27 km, 154.5098° East, -7.4703° South. The temblor was reported at 16:35:56 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 06:35:56 / May 5, 2016 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.27 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10005h2g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005h2g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 167 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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