A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 196 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (122 miles). Exact location of event, depth 57.35 km, 153.8931° East, -5.5392° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/20 / 2020-05-26 22:28:39 / May 26, 2020 @ 10:28 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:28:39 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000a4j5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a4j5. 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 57.35 km (36 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 196 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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