A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 201 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (125 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006rgx. Unique identifier: us60006rgx. Exact location of earthquake, 152.3278° East, -6.1748° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:06:20 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 12:06:20 / December 14, 2019 @ 12:06 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 201 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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