A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (44 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 148.9115° East, -6.0996° South, depth 66.49 km. Id of earthquake: us2000j8b4. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8b4. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:58:22 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 22:58:22 / January 7, 2019 @ 10:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.49 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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