A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 155.8108° East, -6.9868° South, depth 98.88 km. Unique identifier: us70004e8q. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004e8q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.88 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:33:28 / 7:33 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 20:33:28 / July 7, 2019 @ 8:33 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 82 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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