A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 30 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:17:34 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/03/17 / 2017-03-31 21:17:34 / March 31, 2017 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008f8g. Unique identifier: us10008f8g. Exact location, longitude 147.7462° East, latitude -6.3562° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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