A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 95 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (59 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 21:45:45 / October 26, 2019 @ 9:45 pm. Event id: us700062z1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700062z1. The temblor was picked up at 07:45:45 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 150.3576° East, latitude -6.5276° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 95 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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