A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (94 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 19:41:41 / July 6, 2016 @ 7:41 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: us100061f2. Unique identifier: us100061f2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.059 East, latitude -7.6301 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:41:41 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 152 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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