A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 179 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (111 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.75 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.372 East, latitude -10.6372 South, depth = 29.75 km. Id of earthquake: us20002wkm. Event ids that are associated: us20002wkm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:43 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 04:37:43 / June 26, 2015 @ 4:37 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 179 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea.
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