A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 232 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (144 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us70004qkd. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004qkd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 17:00:26 / July 22, 2019 @ 5:00 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 152.0617° East, -6.4422° South, depth 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:26 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter).
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 fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 232 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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