A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (89 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us2000j56i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j56i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 17:12:16 / January 17, 2019 @ 5:12 pm. Exact location, longitude 146.5766° East, latitude -3.1237° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:12:16 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 144 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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