A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 145 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (90 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 146.593° East, latitude -3.1482° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:52:02 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:52:02 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:52 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbvu. Unique identifier: us2000jbvu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 145 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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