A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 214 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (133 miles) on Thursday. Event id: us10003itj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003itj. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:04:35 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.9581° East, latitude -6.271° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 15:04:35 / September 16, 2015 @ 3:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 214 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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