A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 117 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.86 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 18:01:00 / March 15, 2017 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20008sbb. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008sbb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.1342 East, latitude -5.9167 South, depth = 46.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:01:00 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 117 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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