A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 108 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (67 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000je5k. Unique identifier: us2000je5k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 18:03:06 / January 23, 2019 @ 6:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.7983 East, latitude -5.2165 South, depth = 35 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:03:06 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 108 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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