A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 112 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 155.007° East, -7.2173° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:03:14 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000je5h. Event ids that are associated: us2000je5h. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 21:03:14 / January 23, 2019 @ 9:03 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 112 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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