A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 150.26 km (93 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:07:15 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 149.5213° East, -5.7592° South, depth 150.26 km. Event id: us2000arpr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arpr. Global time and date of event 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 13:07:15 / September 6, 2017 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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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