A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 225 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (140 miles) on Monday. Event id: us1000bvn0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvn0. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:09:22 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.2255 East, latitude -6.395 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 14:09:22 / December 24, 2017 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 225 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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