A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 179 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (111 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 151.7176° East, -5.9174° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 13:57:06 / January 12, 2019 @ 1:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j9s3. Event ids that are associated: us2000j9s3. The temblor was detected at 23:57:06 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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