A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 114 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:52:49 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 09:52:49 / January 12, 2020 @ 9:52 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 154.9226° East, -7.191° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yp1. Id of event: us70006yp1.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 114 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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