A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 21:45:23 / July 18, 2019 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 155.3686° East, latitude -6.8066° South, depth = 55.68 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.68 km (35 miles). Id of earthquake: us60004vwd. Event ids that are associated: us60004vwd. The temblor was detected at 08:45:23 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 55 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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