A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (59 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:24:31 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 14:24:31 / May 15, 2020 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 150.9977 East, latitude -5.4788 South, depth = 118.78 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.78 km (74 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009n6e. Unique identifier: us70009n6e.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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