A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (62 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us100068fd. Unique identifier: us100068fd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:10:01 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 07:10:01 / July 26, 2016 @ 7:10 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.4 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.3822° East, latitude -3.7609° South, depth = 7.4 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 100 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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