A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (73 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 147.4736 East, latitude -5.6146 South, depth = 160.19 km. Event id: us100040tq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040tq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 160.19 km (100 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:17:57 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 18:17:57 / November 24, 2015 @ 6:17 pm UTC/GMT.
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 117 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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