A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 128 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70005nxi. Event ids that are associated: us70005nxi. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:37:32 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.4117° East, latitude -5.1357° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 15:37:32 / September 30, 2019 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 128 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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