A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (66 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 150.3649° East, latitude -6.7334° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/19 / 2019-09-11 00:58:32 / September 11, 2019 @ 12:58 am. The temblor was detected at 10:58:32 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60005l04. Unique identifier: us60005l04. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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