A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (80 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.06 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:02:12 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 10:02:12 / November 22, 2015 @ 10:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100040b7. Unique identifier: us100040b7. Exact location of event, longitude 151.5585 East, latitude -5.2821 South, depth = 71.06 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 129 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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