A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 111 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.3016 East, latitude -4.7079 South, depth = 250.26 km. Unique identifier: us70008lph. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008lph. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 250.26 km (156 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:57:19 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/03/20 / 2020-03-29 06:57:19 / March 29, 2020 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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.
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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. 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: 111 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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