A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008x4w. Id of event: us70008x4w. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:46:44 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.6144 East, latitude -6.2201 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 21:46:44 / April 15, 2020 @ 9:46 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-five 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: New Britain region, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply