A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 136 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (85 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004vms. Unique identifier: us10004vms. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.38 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 10:10:56 / March 6, 2016 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 151.9025° East, latitude -5.5357° South, depth = 45.38 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:10:56 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 136 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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