A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 172 km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (107 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 18:58:54 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60005lyh. Unique identifier: us60005lyh. Exact location, longitude 155.0856° East, latitude -4.7165° South, depth = 497.73 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 08:58:54 / September 22, 2019 @ 8:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 497.73 km (309 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 172 km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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