A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 147 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (91 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.0763 East, latitude -10.2224 South, depth = 28.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 19:38:01 / March 16, 2016 @ 7:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:38:01 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005at1. Id of event: us20005at1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.97 km (18 miles).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 147 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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