A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea (91 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/16 / 2016-03-25 07:56:03 / March 25, 2016 @ 7:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:56:03 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005cdy. Id of event: us20005cdy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.09 km (109 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.1135 East, latitude -5.3804 South, depth = 176.09 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 146 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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