A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 207 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (129 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:18:05 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.7625 East, latitude -3.1529 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 22:18:05 / March 3, 2016 @ 10:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004uj8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uj8.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 207 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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