A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 88 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (55 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700038gs. Unique identifier: us700038gs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 148.821° East, -6.5406° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 00:52:51 / April 11, 2019 @ 12:52 am. The temblor was reported at 10:52:51 / 10:52 am (local time epicenter).
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 seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 88 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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