A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 196 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (122 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 21:13:21 / April 15, 2020 @ 9:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.83 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 8.83 km, 151.7804° East, -6.2318° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700091t6. Ids that are associated to the event: us700091t6. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:13:21 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 196 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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