A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 46 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.2202 East, latitude -5.9542 South, depth = 103.95 km. Id of earthquake: us2000319r. Event ids that are associated: us2000319r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:13:12 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 01:13:12 / July 9, 2015 @ 1:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.95 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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