A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 188 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (117 miles) on Friday. Id of earthquake: us10004ujd. Event ids that are associated: us10004ujd. The temblor was detected at 08:23:14 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.5824 East, latitude -3.0984 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 22:23:14 / March 3, 2016 @ 10:23 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 188 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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