A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location, longitude 152.0023° East, latitude -4.3979° South, depth = 187.19 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.19 km (116 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 17:37:49 / May 3, 2018 @ 5:37 pm. Unique identifier: us1000dxcz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dxcz. The temblor was detected at 03:37:49 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km W of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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