A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 147.7609° East, -6.1259° South, depth 71.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bubn. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bubn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.56 km (44 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:56:36 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 00:56:36 / December 14, 2017 @ 12:56 am.
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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