A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 97 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (60 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:00:14 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10002m33. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002m33. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.21 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/15 / 2015-06-27 15:00:14 / June 27, 2015 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 153.2882° East, latitude -5.3134° South, depth = 30.21 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 97 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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