A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 178 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (111 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 20:46:32 / May 10, 2024 @ 8:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz02. Unique identifier: us6000mz02. The temblor was detected at 20:46:32 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.668 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.5793 East, latitude -5.2774 South, depth = 47.668 km.
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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 178 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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