A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (43 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v4b. Id of event: us10007v4b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 03:47:09 / January 24, 2017 @ 3:47 am. Exact location, longitude 148.9399° East, latitude -6.0735° South, depth = 76.19 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.19 km (47 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:47:09 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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