A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 206 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (128 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.8779° East, -6.2368° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/19 / 2019-09-20 21:46:04 / September 20, 2019 @ 9:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:46:04 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70005mju. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005mju.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 206 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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