A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 154 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.5806 East, latitude -3.232 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 17:04:59 / January 15, 2019 @ 5:04 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:04:59 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j45h. Unique identifier: us2000j45h. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 154 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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