A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 87 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (54 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:10:01 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008qz7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qz7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 148.7672° East, latitude -6.3083° South, depth = 54.7 km. Global time and date of event 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 20:10:01 / April 7, 2020 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.7 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 five and in the last 365 days fourty-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. 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: 87 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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