A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 155.98 km (97 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 155.461 East, latitude -6.5632 South, depth = 155.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:05:53 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jin5. Id of event: us1000jin5. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 20:05:53 / March 10, 2019 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 27 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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