A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.99 km (75 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 152.5384° East, -4.3164° South, depth 120.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 10:40:20 / September 29, 2018 @ 10:40 am. Id of earthquake: us1000h7hc. Event ids that are associated: us1000h7hc. The temblor was detected at 20:40:20 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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