A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 104 km NE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (65 miles). Event id: us20002pcb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002pcb. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.86 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 149.0291 East, latitude -8.2037 South, depth = 36.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:38:42 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/15 / 2015-06-02 01:38:42 / June 2, 2015 @ 1:38 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 104 km NE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea.
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