A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (65 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.88 km (58 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:41:37 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005kvg. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005kvg. Exact location, longitude 154.58° East, latitude -6.6061° South, depth = 93.88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/16 / 2016-04-14 21:41:37 / April 14, 2016 @ 9:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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