A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 186 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (116 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.0968 East, latitude -3.2423 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:38:51 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pflg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pflg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/24 / 2024-12-25 19:38:51 / December 25, 2024 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 186 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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