A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 173 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (107 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:53:12 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 152.0615° East, latitude -5.9051° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000embm. Event ids that are associated: us1000embm. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 20:53:12 / June 9, 2018 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine 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.
Did you feel anything?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 173 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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