A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 120 km NNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 587.97 km (365 miles). Exact location, longitude 149.5394° East, latitude -4.6453° South, depth = 587.97 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000apnm. Id of event: us2000apnm. Global time and date of event 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 23:12:20 / September 17, 2017 @ 11:12 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:12:20 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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