A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 107 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000c229. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c229. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.17 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 12:01:52 / December 2, 2017 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 150.6418 East, latitude -6.3888 South, depth = 47.17 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:01:52 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 107 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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