A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (73 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.92 km (45 miles). Unique identifier: us10004smh. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004smh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/02/16 / 2016-02-22 17:15:44 / February 22, 2016 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:15:44 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.1196° East, latitude -5.1413° South, depth = 71.92 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 117 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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