A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 173 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/17 / 2017-08-07 12:09:07 / August 7, 2017 @ 12:09 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:09:07 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000a7aw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a7aw. Exact location of event, longitude 146.7776 East, latitude -3.5098 South, depth = 10 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 173 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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