A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 111 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70008xm5. Event ids that are associated: us70008xm5. The temblor was detected at 05:35:56 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 19:35:56 / April 9, 2020 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 147.4484° East, latitude -5.6895° South, depth = 149.74 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 149.74 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 111 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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