A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 72 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:13:43 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600043qw. Unique identifier: us600043qw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.64 km (59 miles). Exact location of event, depth 94.64 km, 147.5517° East, -6.0278° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 07:13:43 / June 14, 2019 @ 7:13 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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