A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 98 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (61 miles). Event id: us70003ndm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003ndm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 01:28:08 / May 20, 2019 @ 1:28 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 154.6302° East, -6.5638° South. The temblor was picked up at 11:28:08 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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