A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 183 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (114 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 12:19:08 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 02:19:08 / January 31, 2020 @ 2:19 am. Event id: us60007kz0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007kz0. Exact location of earthquake, 146.1046° East, -3.1958° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 183 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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