A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 130 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (81 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 14:49:08 / June 28, 2020 @ 2:49 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:49:08 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000adrz. Id of event: us7000adrz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.4635 East, latitude -7.4919 South, depth = 10 km. 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 130 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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