A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 148 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (92 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 10:14:07 / January 1, 2017 @ 10:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, 154.7478° East, -7.4382° South, depth 36.43 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.43 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007p2v. Event ids that are associated: us10007p2v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:14:07 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 148 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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