A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 km ESE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (23 miles). Event id: us20006hzv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hzv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 01:30:04 / July 27, 2016 @ 1:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:30:04 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 148.1753 East, latitude -6.7481 South, depth = 35 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km ESE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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