A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 131 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). Unique identifier: us1000is3i. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000is3i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 151.1737° East, -6.1491° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:04:05 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/19 / 2019-01-13 16:04:05 / January 13, 2019 @ 4:04 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 131 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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