A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 114 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 07:26:59 / October 23, 2016 @ 7:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 147.6964° East, -2.961° South. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:59 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20007g6t. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007g6t.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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