A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70006c1e. Event ids that are associated: us70006c1e. The temblor was picked up at 11:50:06 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 01:50:06 / November 23, 2019 @ 1:50 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.96 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.2052 East, latitude -4.7379 South, depth = 56.96 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 35 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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