A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 190 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (118 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.7427° East, -6.1888° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 16:05:40 / April 17, 2020 @ 4:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008yld. Unique identifier: us70008yld. The temblor was reported at 02:05:40 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 190 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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