A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 143 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (89 miles). Unique identifier: us60006ss8. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006ss8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 152.0364° East, -5.6322° South, depth 57.15 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:22 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 19:16:22 / December 17, 2019 @ 7:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.15 km (36 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 143 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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