A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 135 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (84 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jjpp. Unique identifier: us1000jjpp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:33:25 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.14 East, latitude -3.4801 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 10:33:25 / March 21, 2019 @ 10:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 135 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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