A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 98 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (61 miles). Exact location of event, depth 99.23 km, 153.8361° East, -4.8439° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:43:11 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 00:43:11 / July 7, 2015 @ 12:43 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.23 km (62 miles). Unique identifier: us20002vky. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002vky.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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