A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 144 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (89 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j9i7. Unique identifier: us2000j9i7. The temblor was picked up at 07:59:24 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 146.3426 East, latitude -2.9321 South, depth = 29.62 km. 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: 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 21:59:24 / January 27, 2019 @ 9:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.62 km (18 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 144 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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