A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 155 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n7n. Id of event: us10008n7n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.5131° East, -5.8737° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 16:08:33 / April 23, 2017 @ 4:08 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:08:33 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 155 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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