A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 107 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). Exact location, longitude 152.6003° East, latitude -5.3373° South, depth = 32.93 km. Event id: us700070sx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070sx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.93 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 00:35:48 / January 1, 2020 @ 12:35 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:35:48 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 107 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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