A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 90 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (56 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 148.6849 East, latitude -6.504 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us10008t4r. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008t4r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/17 / 2017-05-17 22:22:39 / May 17, 2017 @ 10:22 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:22:39 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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