A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 183 km NNE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (114 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.98 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 146.3623 East, latitude -3.6644 South, depth = 45.98 km. 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: 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 00:12:43 / October 20, 2015 @ 12:12 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003rvi. Unique identifier: us10003rvi. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:12:43 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 183 km NNE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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