A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 156 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (97 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:07:57 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j5bj. Event ids that are associated: us2000j5bj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 21:07:57 / January 17, 2019 @ 9:07 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 146.8798 East, latitude -3.381 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 156 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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