A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (91 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us10002n9t. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n9t. Exact location of event, longitude 151.9767 East, latitude -5.6418 South, depth = 10.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.09 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:12:45 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/06/15 / 2015-06-20 00:12:45 / June 20, 2015 @ 12:12 am UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 146 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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