A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 182 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (113 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:32:14 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 15:32:14 / January 29, 2020 @ 3:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us60007j4z. Event ids that are associated: us60007j4z. Exact location of earthquake, 145.5831° East, -3.4197° South, depth 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 182 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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