A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported New Britain region, Papua New Guinea (0 miles) on Friday. Event id: us700097fp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097fp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:20:50 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9074 East, latitude -6.3468 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 09:20:50 / April 24, 2020 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: New Britain region, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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