A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 20 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 14:18:20 / November 22, 2019 @ 2:18 pm. Id of earthquake: us70006bnj. Event ids that are associated: us70006bnj. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:20 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 51.16 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude 153.1589° East, latitude -4.5981° South, depth = 51.16 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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