A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 160 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (99 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:31:54 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.1794 East, latitude -5.8032 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/15 / 2015-06-03 12:31:54 / June 3, 2015 @ 12:31 pm. Unique identifier: us20002pdv. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002pdv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 160 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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