A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 112 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Unique identifier: us10004sdc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004sdc. The temblor was detected at 23:56:56 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 13:56:56 / February 21, 2016 @ 1:56 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 226.29 km (141 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.8282 East, latitude -7.0937 South, depth = 226.29 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 112 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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