A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 172 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (107 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002ll0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002ll0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.6762 East, latitude -5.826 South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/15 / 2015-06-13 14:09:11 / June 13, 2015 @ 2:09 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:09:11 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 172 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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