A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 123 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (76 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/17 / 2017-10-26 19:29:22 / October 26, 2017 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ax7p. Unique identifier: us1000ax7p. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:29:22 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 151.1617° East, -3.7205° South, depth 10 km.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 123 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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