A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 117 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:46:18 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 22:46:18 / November 18, 2016 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3148 East, latitude -5.6924 South, depth = 151.46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.46 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007dln. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dln. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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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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: 117 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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