A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 154 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (96 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 03:32:24 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.5084 East, latitude -5.8279 South, depth = 66.37 km. Global time and date of event 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 17:32:24 / September 2, 2015 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.37 km (41 miles). Event id: us20003fsx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fsx.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 154 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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