A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (109 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 24.5 km, 151.6143° East, -6.1486° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:26:57 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008y8x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008y8x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 06:26:57 / April 17, 2020 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.5 km (15 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 175 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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