A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 17:06:25 / January 21, 2019 @ 5:06 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:06:25 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000jdmt. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdmt. Exact location, longitude 155.4222° East, latitude -6.8055° South, depth = 35 km.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa.
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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 54 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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