A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea (84 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:05:46 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 209.21 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 147.0909 East, latitude -5.5012 South, depth = 209.21 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 23:05:46 / July 23, 2016 @ 11:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006h5f. Unique identifier: us20006h5f.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 135 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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