A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 18 km SSE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (11 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 09:22:24 / May 7, 2016 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:22:24 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005h6x. Unique identifier: us10005h6x. Exact location of earthquake, 147.9361° East, -6.7578° South, depth 62.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.01 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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