A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (66 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 151.3346 East, latitude -3.7259 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/17 / 2017-11-16 08:51:06 / November 16, 2017 @ 8:51 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:51:06 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000bu0p. Event ids that are associated: us2000bu0p.
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 106 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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