A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 88 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (55 miles). Unique identifier: us70006yv6. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006yv6. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 19:06:33 / January 12, 2020 @ 7:06 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 155.485° East, latitude -7.1204° South, depth = 78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:33 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 88 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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