A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 151 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (94 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.4971 East, latitude -5.7075 South, depth = 63 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:36 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002vs7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vs7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 16:41:36 / July 7, 2015 @ 4:41 pm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 151 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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