A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 151 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (94 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.8026 East, latitude -5.638 South, depth = 57.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 17:15:06 / March 30, 2018 @ 5:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.02 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dbhq. Unique identifier: us1000dbhq. The temblor was picked up at 03:15:06 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 151 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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