A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 169 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (105 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j54g. Unique identifier: us2000j54g. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:29:17 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.3162° East, latitude -3.2225° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:29:17 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:29 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 169 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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