A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 48 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (30 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.17 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 149.1169 East, latitude -6.3034 South, depth = 68.17 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 11:45:58 / July 21, 2019 @ 11:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:45:58 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004q0z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004q0z.
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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 48 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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