A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 184 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (114 miles). Exact location, longitude 146.3353° East, latitude -3.4013° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 08:14:42 / December 21, 2019 @ 8:14 am. Id of earthquake: us70006x0x. Event ids that are associated: us70006x0x. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:14:42 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 184 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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