A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 64 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (40 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.45 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 147.7581° East, latitude -6.0288° South, depth = 59.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:24:34 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000arqp. Unique identifier: us2000arqp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 21:24:34 / September 7, 2017 @ 9:24 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 64 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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