A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 86 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (53 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 07:21:37 / October 12, 2017 @ 7:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:21:37 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.57 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000auhs. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000auhs. Exact location of event, longitude 148.8319 East, latitude -5.9051 South, depth = 106.57 km.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 86 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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