A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (88 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.8 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:52 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 00:07:52 / June 27, 2018 @ 12:07 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fw0r. Unique identifier: us2000fw0r. Exact location, longitude 151.6218° East, latitude -5.4698° South, depth = 49.8 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 142 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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