A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 176 km ESE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (109 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.7022 East, latitude -2.7026 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jc0l. Event ids that are associated: us2000jc0l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 03:32:14 / January 20, 2019 @ 3:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:32:14 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 176 km ESE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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