A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles) on Monday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:30:54 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 23:30:54 / July 24, 2016 @ 11:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 155.389° East, latitude -7.3484° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000680v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000680v.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 114 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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