A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (88 miles) on Wednesday. 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) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.4286 East, latitude -2.9967 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000j4if. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4if. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:16:11 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 13:16:11 / January 16, 2019 @ 1:16 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen 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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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. 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: 142 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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