A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 155 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (96 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 11:04:58 / September 22, 2015 @ 11:04 am. The temblor was picked up at 21:04:58 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003mvb. Event ids that are associated: us20003mvb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.48 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 151.4191° East, -6.1359° South, depth 46.48 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 155 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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