A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 145 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (90 miles). Global time and date of event 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 13:48:12 / October 27, 2019 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.0697 East, latitude -4.7957 South, depth = 613.87 km. The temblor was reported at 23:48:12 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 613.87 km (381 miles). Unique identifier: us700063gq. Ids that are associated to the event: us700063gq.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 145 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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