A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (97 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 18:29:25 / January 16, 2019 @ 6:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.4241° East, latitude -3.1501° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000j4lk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4lk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:29:25 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 156 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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