A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 203 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (126 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:58 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 148.7657° East, -3.0869° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 22:57:58 / March 3, 2016 @ 10:57 pm. Event id: us10004uji. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uji. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 203 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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