A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 142 km E of Samarai, Papua New Guinea (88 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.9528° East, latitude -10.3953° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1tr. Unique identifier: us2000b1tr. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:03:19 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 04:03:19 / October 6, 2017 @ 4:03 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 142 km E of Samarai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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