A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 154 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 16:15:58 / January 17, 2019 @ 4:15 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:15:58 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.3082° East, -3.0236° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us2000j568. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j568.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 154 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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