A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 106 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (66 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 19:16:51 / January 21, 2019 @ 7:16 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:51 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 152.2131° East, -5.3116° South, depth 28.48 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jdmx. Event ids that are associated: us2000jdmx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.48 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 106 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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