A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (71 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000brx4. Id of event: us2000brx4. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/17 / 2017-11-11 09:32:22 / November 11, 2017 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 252.57 km (157 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.2809° East, latitude -4.7414° South, depth = 252.57 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:32:22 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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