A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 159 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (99 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:33:49 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 146.5054 East, latitude -3.2378 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j54r. Unique identifier: us2000j54r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:33:49 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:33 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 159 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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