A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 120 km NNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:49:35 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 03:49:35 / October 27, 2017 @ 3:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 541.92 km (337 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 149.6067° East, -4.6059° South, depth 541.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000axe8. Unique identifier: us1000axe8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 120 km NNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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