A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 135 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (84 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:56:10 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.2659° East, latitude -5.0527° South, depth = 72.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.24 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hpv8. Unique identifier: us1000hpv8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 15:56:10 / November 4, 2018 @ 3:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 135 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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