A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 151 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (94 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.86 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003l5m. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003l5m. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:19:19 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 09:19:19 / September 18, 2015 @ 9:19 am. Exact location of event, longitude 151.4029 East, latitude -6.0746 South, depth = 56.86 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 151 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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