A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 170 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (106 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.3694 East, latitude -10.5554 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 19:08:46 / May 2, 2016 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005gin. Unique identifier: us10005gin. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:08:46 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter).
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 have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 170 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea.
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