A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 189 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (117 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 151.7447 East, latitude -6.1469 South, depth = 17.01 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/16 / 2016-02-01 18:20:47 / February 1, 2016 @ 6:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:20:47 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.01 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004x4b. Id of event: us20004x4b.
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 189 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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