A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 9 km SSE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (6 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.9072 East, latitude -6.6754 South, depth = 41.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.59 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: us60009cnj. Ids that are associated to the event: us60009cnj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:09:32 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 09:09:32 / April 26, 2020 @ 9:09 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SSE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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