A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 122 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (76 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:01:54 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 14:01:54 / October 8, 2017 @ 2:01 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 173.84 km (108 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3154 East, latitude -5.6418 South, depth = 173.84 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000armx. Unique identifier: us1000armx.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 122 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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