A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 111 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (69 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 01:32:42 / June 25, 2016 @ 1:32 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005ylt. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ylt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.7264 East, latitude -6.9751 South, depth = 64.27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.27 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:32:42 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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.
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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. 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: 111 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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