A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 65 km WSW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.2635 East, latitude -4.3534 South, depth = 107.87 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 20:01:25 / January 11, 2020 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006yia. Unique identifier: us70006yia. The temblor was reported at 06:01:25 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.87 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km WSW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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