A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (88 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 22:24:20 / April 11, 2019 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:24:20 / 8:24 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, longitude 152.4082 East, latitude -5.6342 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034p6. Id of event: us700034p6.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 142 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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