A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 70 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (43 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 15:16:00 / September 17, 2017 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 148.9547° East, -6.4516° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:16:00 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000at68. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000at68.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel it?
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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply