A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 115 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 151.1148 East, latitude -3.5714 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002wii. Unique identifier: us20002wii. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:34:44 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 09:34:44 / July 10, 2015 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 115 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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