A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 111 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (69 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 23:35:30 / May 30, 2016 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.87 km (26 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:35:30 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200061r2. Event ids that are associated: us200061r2. Exact location, longitude 151.1665° East, latitude -4.2206° South, depth = 41.87 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 111 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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