A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.842 East, latitude -6.1316 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us70006e1w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006e1w. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:51:22 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 03:51:22 / November 28, 2019 @ 3:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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