A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (48 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us1000awjf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000awjf. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/17 / 2017-10-25 02:34:48 / October 25, 2017 @ 2:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:34:48 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.8 km (40 miles). Exact location of event, depth 63.8 km, 148.8562° East, -6.3431° South.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 78 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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