A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005qsj. Id of event: us70005qsj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 167.8 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:03:50 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 155.1996° East, -6.2387° South, depth 167.8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/19 / 2019-10-04 17:03:50 / October 4, 2019 @ 5:03 pm.
Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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