A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (47 miles). Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 16:16:04 / January 27, 2020 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 170.39 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:16:04 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 149.2367 East, latitude -5.6056 South, depth = 170.39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007k1v. Id of event: us70007k1v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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