A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 115 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 19:01:09 / July 28, 2016 @ 7:01 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 154.4561 East, latitude -6.136 South, depth = 64.78 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:09 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 64.78 km (40 miles). Event id: us10006863. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006863.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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