A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (59 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70003kwq. Event ids that are associated: us70003kwq. Global time and date of event 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 23:04:53 / May 4, 2019 @ 11:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.7097 East, latitude -6.6892 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 09:04:53 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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