A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 142 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (88 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 04:38:17 / April 16, 2017 @ 4:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.0108 East, latitude -5.6188 South, depth = 51.35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.35 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:38:17 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008jk3. Id of event: us10008jk3.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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.
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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: 142 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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