A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 114 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.86 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:13:50 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.7139 East, latitude -5.6042 South, depth = 158.86 km. Unique identifier: us10005gk8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gk8. Global time and date of event 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 14:13:50 / May 3, 2016 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT.
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 seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 114 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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