A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 99 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (62 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 17:43:09 / May 4, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.289 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:43:09 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 151.5095 East, latitude -4.8136 South, depth = 169.289 km. Unique identifier: us6000mxrf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxrf.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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