A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 115 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:32:57 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 152.1867 East, latitude -9.9486 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 01:32:57 / October 6, 2017 @ 1:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1sv. Unique identifier: us2000b1sv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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