A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 108 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (67 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 15:42:06 / June 2, 2020 @ 3:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:42:06 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 155.0215° East, -7.1855° South. Event id: us6000a8p6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a8p6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 108 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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