A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 216 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (134 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 153.5536° East, latitude -6.0149° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 04:56:11 / June 4, 2020 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:56:11 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000a9vi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a9vi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-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 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 216 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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