A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 169 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (105 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dwyt. Unique identifier: us2000dwyt. The temblor was picked up at 17:52:37 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 151.759° East, -5.7997° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/04/18 / 2018-04-01 07:52:37 / April 1, 2018 @ 7:52 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 169 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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