A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 218 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (135 miles). Global time and date of event 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 22:52:47 / December 5, 2017 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 148.7784° East, latitude -3.2936° South, depth = 23.17 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.17 km (14 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000c3hj. Event ids that are associated: us2000c3hj. The temblor was detected at 08:52:47 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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