A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 45 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (28 miles). 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). The temblor was detected at 00:36:29 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 14:36:29 / September 17, 2017 @ 2:36 pm. Event id: us2000at5m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000at5m. Exact location of event, longitude 149.1591 East, latitude -6.3567 South, depth = 35 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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