A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 99 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (62 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.0316 East, latitude -5.7052 South, depth = 87.71 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006673. Unique identifier: us20006673. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:56:28 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 87.71 km (55 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 08:56:28 / June 17, 2016 @ 8:56 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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