A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 140 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (87 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.2808 East, latitude -5.3988 South, depth = 212.05 km. Event id: us2000chul. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000chul. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 212.05 km (132 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:53:29 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 16:53:29 / December 25, 2017 @ 4:53 pm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 140 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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