A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 03:24:45 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006s7s. Unique identifier: us70006s7s. Exact location, longitude 154.9449° East, latitude -6.3622° South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 16:24:45 / December 29, 2019 @ 4:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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