A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 119 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (74 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/18 / 2018-11-23 14:33:33 / November 23, 2018 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.662 East, latitude -5.253 South, depth = 143.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:33:33 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hxxd. Event ids that are associated: us1000hxxd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.73 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 119 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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