A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 113 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 152.0074 East, latitude -5.3485 South, depth = 59.83 km. The temblor was reported at 23:33:16 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70009nea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009nea. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 13:33:16 / May 17, 2020 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.83 km (37 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 113 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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