A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 168 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (104 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 05:04:46 / April 5, 2020 @ 5:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, 151.7568° East, -5.7877° South, depth 59.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.7 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008p26. Id of event: us70008p26. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:04:46 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 168 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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