A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 159 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (99 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/09/18 / 2018-09-20 22:14:24 / September 20, 2018 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.0272° East, -5.7771° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:14:24 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000h3au. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3au. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 159 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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