A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 111 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (69 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:29:24 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006zin. Id of event: us70006zin. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.7812 East, latitude -5.5499 South, depth = 115 km. Global time and date of event 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 16:29:24 / January 13, 2020 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115 km (71 miles).
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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 111 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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