A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (60 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.6211 East, latitude -6.1578 South, depth = 61.24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 23:56:43 / February 19, 2016 @ 11:56 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:56:43 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004s2c. Unique identifier: us10004s2c. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.24 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 96 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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