A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (78 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us60007evn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007evn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.36 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 21:59:40 / January 13, 2020 @ 9:59 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:59:40 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 151.5209 East, latitude -5.2025 South, depth = 114.36 km. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 125 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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