A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 121 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:39:22 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 01:39:22 / October 9, 2017 @ 1:39 am. Exact location, longitude 152.3009° East, latitude -10.0686° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000b2xh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b2xh.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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