A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 108 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (67 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 150.795° East, latitude -6.28° South, depth = 41.41 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/19 / 2019-03-12 23:20:50 / March 12, 2019 @ 11:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:50 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.41 km (26 miles). Event id: us1000jjt7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jjt7.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 108 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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