A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 145 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (90 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000acx6. Id of event: us6000acx6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 154.6685° East, -5.2695° South, depth 296.34 km. Global time and date of event 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 01:42:44 / June 9, 2020 @ 1:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 296.34 km (184 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:42:44 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 145 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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