A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 117 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). Global time and date of event 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 23:05:03 / October 6, 2017 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.3875° East, -10.0631° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b2ba. Unique identifier: us2000b2ba. The temblor was reported at 09:05:03 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 117 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea.
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