A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70003tss. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003tss. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/19 / 2019-05-25 04:06:30 / May 25, 2019 @ 4:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 155.0931° East, -6.9548° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 14:06:30 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 82 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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