A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (31 miles). Exact location, longitude 149.1256° East, latitude -6.3902° South, depth = 45.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 18:48:09 / October 14, 2016 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:48:09 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20007flm. Event ids that are associated: us20007flm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 50 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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