A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 97 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (60 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 20:43:24 / February 10, 2016 @ 8:43 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 144.41 km (90 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.7301° East, -5.8599° South, depth 144.41 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:43:24 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20004zs5. Event ids that are associated: us20004zs5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 97 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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