A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 224 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (139 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 12:37:09 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 02:37:09 / April 14, 2020 @ 2:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000912e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000912e. Exact location of earthquake, 152.0399° East, -6.3654° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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