A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (29 miles) on Wednesday. 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: us20006hyy. Unique identifier: us20006hyy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.82 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:34:49 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 23:34:49 / July 26, 2016 @ 11:34 pm. Exact location, longitude 148.3012° East, latitude -6.5903° South, depth = 38.82 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 47 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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