A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (75 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:50:15 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 18:50:15 / May 15, 2020 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70009n6j. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009n6j. Exact location, longitude 154.4495° East, latitude -6.6572° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 120 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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