A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 184 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (114 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.0536 East, latitude -6.0115 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:19:25 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000emfb. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000emfb. Global time and date of event 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 01:19:25 / June 10, 2018 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 184 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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