A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 118 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9316 East, latitude -5.3668 South, depth = 12.63 km. The temblor was detected at 00:40:14 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 14:40:14 / November 15, 2016 @ 2:40 pm. Event id: us10007dif. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dif. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.63 km (8 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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