A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 125 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 08:15:25 / September 9, 2016 @ 8:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006nmy. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006nmy. Exact location of event, longitude 151.2217 East, latitude -5.2075 South, depth = 73.8 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:15:25 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.8 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 125 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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