A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 126 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmcy. Id of event: us1000bmcy. Exact location of event, longitude 152.3605 East, latitude -10.1377 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:47:07 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/11/17 / 2017-11-27 08:47:07 / November 27, 2017 @ 8:47 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 126 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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