A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 81 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.8725 East, latitude -5.1858 South, depth = 11.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.9 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us20002wk5. Event ids that are associated: us20002wk5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 00:22:42 / June 26, 2015 @ 12:22 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:22:42 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter).
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 ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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