A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 126 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 08:17:12 / November 27, 2019 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:17:12 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.95 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006dmf. Id of event: us70006dmf. Exact location of event, depth 44.95 km, 153.123° East, -5.6032° South.
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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.
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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. 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: 126 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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