A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 134 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (83 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 21:47:50 / April 25, 2020 @ 9:47 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009cfr. Id of event: us60009cfr. The temblor was picked up at 07:47:50 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.277° East, -6.4259° South, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 134 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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