A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 112 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Id of earthquake: us700048q3. Event ids that are associated: us700048q3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.64 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 05:56:08 / June 23, 2019 @ 5:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:56:08 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 151.5456 East, latitude -5.0708 South, depth = 133.64 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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