A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (35 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.33 km (36 miles). Global time and date of event 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 20:00:06 / October 12, 2017 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000auia. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000auia. Exact location of earthquake, 147.5932° East, -6.1705° South, depth 57.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:00:06 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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