A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 133 km ENE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 151.9285° East, -2.1701° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:35:23 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mxmg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxmg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 00:35:23 / May 10, 2024 @ 12:35 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 133 km ENE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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