A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 133 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (83 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.2 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 02:50:44 / December 7, 2017 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 148.5812 East, latitude -5.4909 South, depth = 174.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c1f6. Unique identifier: us2000c1f6. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:50:44 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 133 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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